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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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…