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Cultural Validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Empirical Correlates: Is This the Best We Can Do?
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Hill, Jill S.; Robbins, Rockey R.; Pace, Terry M. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2012
This article critically reviews empirical correlates of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989), based on several validation studies conducted with different racial, ethnic, and cultural groups. A major critique of the reviewed MMPI-2 studies was focused on the use of…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Identification, Research
Interpreting Low Personality Psychopathology--Five Aggressiveness Scores on the MMPI-2: Graphical, Robust, and Resistant Data Analysis
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Weisenburger, Susan M.; Harkness, Allan R.; McNulty, John L.; Graham, John R.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The Minnesota Mutiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)-based Personality Psychopathology-Five (PSY-5) scales provide an overview of personality individual differences. Several textbooks and a test report offer instruction on interpreting MMPI-2 PSY-5 scores. On the basis of an earlier item response theory article (S. V. Rouse, M. S. Finger,…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Measures, Measures (Individuals), Data Analysis
Emotional Intelligence and Adaptive Success of Nurses Caring for People with Mental Retardation and Severe Behavior Problems
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Gerits, Linda; Derksen, Jan J. L.; Verbruggen, Antoine B. – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2004
The emotional intelligence profiles, gender differences, and adaptive success of 380 Dutch nurses caring for people with mental retardation and accompanying severe behavior problems are reported. Data were collected with the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory, Utrecht-Coping List, Utrecht-Burnout Scale, MMPI-2, and GAMA. Absence due to illness…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Behavior Problems, Nurses, Mental Retardation
An Evaluation of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A True Response Inconsistency (TRIN) Scales
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Handel, Richard W.; Arnau, Randolph C.; Archer, Robert P.; Dandy, Kristina L. – Assessment, 2006
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--Adolescent (MMPI-A) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (MMPI-2) True Response Inconsistency (TRIN) scales are measures of acquiescence and nonacquiescence included among the standard validity scales on these instruments. The goals of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Protocol Analysis, Effect Size, Personality Measures