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Erickson, Richard C.; Freeman, Charles – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Explores the potential utility of the MMPI 168 with two inpatient medical populations. Correlations and clinically relevant comparisons suggest that the MMPI 168 predicted the standard MMPI with a high degree accuracy. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Patients
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Gayton, William F.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Examines the utility of the Mini-Mult, a short form of the MMPI, as a screening device for women who request an abortion. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Abortions, Data Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Psychological Studies
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Adams, Thomas C.; West, Judy E. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Attempts to reevaluate Beall and Panton's MMPI escape scale on what presumably would be a more appropriate escapee sample than that used in previous studies. This would help to determine whether a revision of this escape scale should be undertaken. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Correctional Institutions, Data Analysis, Prediction
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Adams, Thomas C. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Examines the differences between first and multiple criminal offenders as measured by personality testing. Uses one regular scale of the MMPI and five additional scales determined to be useful in correctional classification and diagnostic services. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Criminals, Data Analysis, Measurement Instruments
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Hedberg, Allan G.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
The present study investigated the utility of the MMPI as a predictor of success or failure of an alcoholic sample in a behavioral outpatient alcoholism treatment program. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment, Psychological Studies
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Saunders, Thomas R. Jr.; Gravitz, Melvin A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1974
Because the MMPI is used so widely in clincial practice, the present study was designed to assess a gender-based repression hypothesis as it applies to the MMPI critical items. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Females, Males, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
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Taylor, J. F.; Graham, J. R. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1974
The purposes of this study were to develop a simplified form of the MMPI and to demonstrate its equivalence to the standard form. Such a revision would extend the range of application of the instrument. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Psychological Studies, Questionnaires
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Holland, Terrill R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The MMPI profiles of 359 correctional officer applicants were cluster analyzed, which resulted in the identification of five relatively homogeneous subgroups. The implications of the findings for occupationally adaptive and maladaptive correctional officer behavior were discussed. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Correctional Institutions, Personality Assessment, Personnel Evaluation
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Scott, Norman A.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
This research extended comparisons of the Mini-Mult and the MMPI to a different population, incarcerated adult female felons, and provided data on the utility of the Mini-Mult with females who were representative of a 14-year sample of incarcerated felons. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Females, Institutionalized Persons, Measurement Instruments
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Lair, Charles V.; King, Glen D. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study was undertaken as a reanalysis of data collected and reported by Lair and Biddy to determine whether the personality dimensions of denial or anxiety, as measured by the MMPI, predict subsequent open heart surgery mortality differently by sex. (Author)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment, Predictive Validity
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Brown, Patricia M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Investigates several hypothesized relationships between Kohlberg's three levels of moral judgment and personality processes measured by selected scales of the MMPI. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Hypothesis Testing, Moral Development, Psychological Characteristics
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Newmark, Charles S.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study investigated the comparative interpretive efficacy of the Faschingbauer Abbreviated MMPI (FAM) and standard MMPI with a sample of psychiatric inpatients. A secondary goal was to estimate the functioning effective test length of the FAM as compared to the standard MMPI. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Patients, Psychological Studies, Psychological Testing
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Kunce, Joseph T.; Anderson, Wayne P. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Effective psychological services require recognition of a client's strengths as well as weaknesses. Personality tests such as the MMPI, however, focus attention upon the abnormal and deviant attributes of personality. Personality evaluation should comprise positive and negative considerations of character to provide a realistic assessment of human…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Individual Characteristics, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment
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Paulson, Morris J.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Attempts to derive more specific clinical information contributed by the experimental scales, (the Pd and Ma, used for compiling profiles of abusive females and abusive males, and the OH, used for evaluating hostility), which would contribute greater psychological understanding of maltreating parents. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Flow Charts, Parent Child Relationship, Psychological Characteristics
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Klonoff, Harry; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Examines the profiles of Canadian prisoners of war who were interned in Japanese and German camps during World War II in order to determine whether the MMPI yielded a profile characteristic of internees. (Author)
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Military Personnel, Psychological Characteristics