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Abstract
Personality measures of adults and adolescents who were sexually abused as children can provide valuable information of the negative effects of the abuse experience. This paper reports on the findings of studies that explore the results of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2/MMPI-A) for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The findings in female adult studies and adolescent studies show significant and clinical elevations on Scales 4 and 8 of the MMPI-2/MMPI-A for those adolescents and women who experienced childhood sexual abuse compared to their non-abused counterparts. Implications of these findings and areas of future research are discussed so as to inform clinicians to meet the needs of thousands of adolescents and adults who have survived the trauma of such abuse.