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Parent MMPI Critical Item and Clinical Scale Changes in the 1970's.
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Holmes, George R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to parents (N=342) of children seen for psychiatric services at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute during the 1970s. Results suggested a parent population in which mothers were suffering considerably more psychological distress or psychopathology than fathers during the 1975-79…
Descriptors: Children, Parents, Psychiatric Services, Psychological Patterns
Empirical Correlates of the Overcontrolled-Hostility Scale and the MMPI 4-3 High-Point Pair.
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Walters, Glenn D.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Compared the behavioral correlates of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 4-3 high-point pair and the Overcontrolled-Hostility scale in a sample of university psychology clinic outpatients (N=97). Behavioral correlates of two groups of outpatients were more similar to each other than they were to the group of outpatient controls.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Figure Drawing Size as an Index of Depression and MMPI Depression Scores in Normal Adults
Gravitz, Melvin A. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Emotional Adjustment, Mental Disorders, Personality Assessment
Negative Response Bias and the MMPI Overcontrolled-Hostility Scale: A Response to Deiker
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Megargee, Edwin I.; Cook, Patrick E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
This study tested Deiker's hypothesis that "naysaying" accounts for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Overcontrolled-Hostility (O-H) scale's ability to discriminate among criminal groups differing in their propensity for violence. It was concluded that the validity of the O-H scale is not dependent on naysaying. (Author)
Descriptors: Criminals, Hostility, Hypothesis Testing, Item Analysis
Clinical Assessment of Psychopathology in Violent and Nonviolent Juvenile Offenders.
Richardson, Linda M.; And Others – 1981
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Rorschach test are frequently used in juvenile justice settings to assess current psychological functioning and to predict future behavior. The Exner Comprehensive System, which standardized the Rorschach, made possible a comparison of the Rorschach and the MMPI in an investigation of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Personality Assessment
Replication Problems of Substance Abuser MMPI Cluster Types.
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Fisher, Dennis G.; And Others – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1989
To clarify methodological differences, five studies with cluster analysis solutions of 183 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles of male heroin addicts were critically reviewed. The methodologies used were replicated. A solution using complete linkage with Pearson correlation and recommendations for future cluster analysis…
Descriptors: Adults, Cluster Analysis, Drug Abuse, Males
Elevation Differences between MMPI-2 Clinical and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Frequency, Origins, and Interpretative Implications
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Sellbom, Martin; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; McNulty, John L.; Arbisi, Paul A.; Graham, John R. – Assessment, 2006
The frequency, origin, and interpretative implications of elevation differences on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) clinical and restructured clinical (RC) scales were examined. Two large clinical samples consisting of 1,770 outpatients and 2,438 inpatients were used for this study. Three potential factors…
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Patients, Correlation, Individual Differences
A Comparison of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Extraversion-Introversion Scale, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 0 Scale (Social Introversion).
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McVay, Micheal R. – 1993
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Extraversion-Introversion scale was compared with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) 0 scale (Social Introversion) for 18 male and 66 female adult students in introductory courses in psychology, aged 17 to 83 years. A status survey design was used with a priori and post hoc groupings.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, College Students