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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
Peer reviewedSchretlen, David; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
Eight predictor variables from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Bender Gestalt, and a Malingering Scale differentiated 20 prison inmates faking insanity from 40 nonfaking controls. A second experiment with 22 substance abusers faking insanity and 20 schizophrenics also supports the use of the test battery to detect faking. (SLD)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Drug Abuse, Identification, Mental Disorders
