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A Table for Prorating Incomplete Form R MMPIs.
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Streiner, David L.; Miller, Harold R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
A table is provided and described for prorating Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales when the entire Form R has not been completed. Good concordance of profile types was found for 300 and 350 completed questions. Interpretations based on 200 items may be suspect. (Author)
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Patients, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Comparison of the MMPI-2 Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5), the NEO-PI, and the NEO-PI-R.
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Trull, Timothy J.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Relations between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Psychopathology Five (PSY-5), and the Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) and its revision (NEO-PI-R) were studied for 170 community adults and 57 clinical patients. Correlations between the instruments showed meaningful relations between the two…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Extraversion Introversion
Band Width in Diagnostic Classification Using the MMPI as a Predictor.
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Johnson, James H.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Patients were classified into categories using Spitzer and Endicott's computer program for diagnosis. Analyses of variance using single and grouped scales and discriminant analyses predicting category membership suggested that narrow band categorization is better predicted by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory than is broad band…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Man Machine Systems
Screening for Borderline Personality Disorders with the MMPI-168.
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Lloyd, Camille; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated the possible use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-168 as a screening instrument for identifying individuals (N=27) with borderline personality disorders. Results demonstrated that the MMPI-168 response pattern of borderline patients was clearly distinguishable from the great majority of college graduates. (WAS)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Mental Disorders, Patients
Validity of Five MMPI Alcoholism Scales.
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Holmes, Cooper B.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Assessed five alcoholism scales derived from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for their ability to classify accurately alcoholics and non-alcoholic psychiatric patients. The alcoholic group was divided into self-committed and court-committed. Depending on how the data were treated, found only one, or none of the scales accurate.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests
Utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Personality Disorder Scales with Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients.
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Freiheit, Stacy R.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1996
The utility of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory personality disorder scales was studied with 217 male adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Analyses of variance found patterns consistent with research on adult samples in spite of differences in factor structure. These similarities suggest that adolescent assessment may provide information…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
The Impact of a Defensive Response Set on the Relationship between MMPI and Cognitive Tests among Heart Transplant Candidates.
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Putzke, John D.; Williams, Mark A.; Millsaps, Cheryl L.; McCarty, Harry J.; Azrin, Richard L.; LaMarche, Judith A.; Boll, Thomas J.; Bourge, Robert C.; Kirklin, James K.; McGiffin, David C. – Assessment, 1997
The emotional cognitive relationship was examined in 136 heart transplant candidates undergoing psychosocial and cognitive assessment as part of evaluation for transplantation. Results show increased emotional distress was reliably associated with decreased cognitive functioning in patients who scored as nondefensive on the Minnesota Multiphasic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Defense Mechanisms, Emotional Problems, Emotional Response