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MMPI-A Patterns of Male Juvenile Delinquents.
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Pena, Liana M.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) was examined for 162 delinquent boys in a state training school who were compared with 805 nondelinquent male adolescents and the original MMPI sample of 7,783 male adolescents. The most useful scales are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Males
On the Identification of Patterns of Substance Abuse with the MMPI-A.
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Gallucci, Nicholas T. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The contributions of specific scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) to the classification of 180 adolescent substance abusers into groups characterized by aspects of behavioral control were studied. Seven scales made significant contributions to the classification of substance abusers into three groups, with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Classification, Construct Validity
The MMPI-2 Antisocial Practices Content Scale: Construct Validity and Comparison with the Psychopathic Deviant Scale.
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Lilienfeld, Scott O. – Psychological Assessment, 1996
In 3 studies involving a total of 305 undergraduates, the Antisocial Practices (ASP) scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) exhibited convergent and discriminant validity with other measures of personality. The ASP and the Psychopathic Deviant scale appear to measure different facets of psychopathy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
Criteria Associated with Clinical Scales and Harris-Lingoes Subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory with Adolescent Inpatients.
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Gallucci, Nicholas T. – Psychological Assessment, 1994
Validities of the Harris-Lingoes subscales and MacAndrew scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in estimation of criterion measures were evaluated with 177 adolescent inpatients. Results were consistent with predictions that excitatory and inhibitory scales and subscales would be related to criteria of behavioral control…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Criteria