Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, CMHS

Online version of the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale (CMHS), an MMPI-based instrument designed to measure an individual's degrees of hostility.

Results include original 50-item «Ho» Scale and six sub-traits: cynicism, hostile attributions, hostile affect, aggressive responding, social avoidance and other (Barefoot, 1989). Commonly used 27-item version (sum of the first 3 sub-traits) is also available.

Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, CMHS | form | sample

Authors: W. Cook, D. Medley (1954)

Cook-Medley Hostility Scale, CMHS-27 | form | sample

Authors: W. Cook, D. Medley (1954, 1989)

Test is provided for educational and entertainment use only. It is not intended to be a psychological advice of any kind, and come without any guarantee of accuracy or validity. Assesment is free and anonymous. You can save the direct link to your results.

References

W. W. Cook, D. M. Medley. Proposed hostility and Pharisaic-virtue scales for the MMPI // Journal of Applied Psychology, 1954. 38(6)
J. C. Barefoot, K. A. Dodge, B. L. Peterson, W. G. Dahlstrom, R. B. Williams Jr. The Cook-Medley hostility scale: item content and ability to predict survival // Psychosomatic Medicine, 1989. 51(1)