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Peer reviewedOsborne, David; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1986
Recent work with the F-K index of the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) has reaffirmed its usefulness for identifying dissimulation. Presents normative tables for the F-K index based on a contemporary normative sample of 335 normal women and 304 normal men. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Predictive Validity, Statistical Distributions, Test Norms
Peer reviewedGottfredson, Don M., Ed. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1983
Examines the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Megargee typology) as a valid classification system in correctional decision making in a series of six articles. Most results urge caution in the use of the Megargee typology, finding poor test validity and test-retest reliability. (WAS)
Descriptors: Classification, Correctional Institutions, Personality Assessment, Position Papers
Peer reviewedHall, Gordon C. Nagayama; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
Attempted to demonstrate the utility of Minnesota Multiphasic Pesonality Inventory in identifying sexual offenders against children by using offense characteristics, including gender of the victim, victim's age, relationship of victim to offender, whether the offender used physical force against the victim, and whether the offender molested the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Criminals, Identification, Males
