Personality tests are frequently administered during the process of hiring police officers. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is one of the most widely used instruments in the selection of candidates. Pre-employment MMPI-2 scores have also been used to predict police misconduct and early termination of police officers. This study looked at the predictive ability of the immaturity index for the early termination of officers. The immaturity index is a composition of three scales from the MMPI-2 that includes the Lie scale, Hypomania, and Psychopathic Deviate. Results showed the immaturity index as a significant predictor of officers being terminated for cause and no longer being employed by the department within one year of hire. This data supports the utility of the index for predicting potentially problematic behavior in police officer recruits. In addition, because the MMPI-2 is a common assessment given during the onboarding psychiatric evaluation of police officers, potential candidates for hire with elevated immaturity index scores may be reconsidered or warrant further evaluation.

在雇用警察的过程中经常进行性格测试。Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) 是选择候选人时使用最广泛的工具之一。就业前 MMPI-2 分数也被用来预测警察的不当行为和警察的提前解雇。本研究考察了不成熟指数对军官提前解职的预测能力。不成熟指数是来自 MMPI-2 的三个量表的组合，包括李量表、轻躁狂和精神病偏差。结果显示，不成熟指数是官员因故被解雇和在聘用后一年内不再受雇于该部门的重要预测指标。该数据支持该指数在预测新警官潜在问题行为方面的效用。此外，由于 MMPI-2 是在对警官进行入职精神病学评估期间进行的常见评估，因此可能会重新考虑或需要进一步评估具有较高不成熟指数分数的潜在招聘候选人。