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Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 to Develop a Scale to Identify Test Anxiety among Students with Learning Disabilities
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Lufi, Dubi; Awwad, Abeer – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this article was to describe an initial step developing a new scale to identify individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and test anxiety. Eighty-eight students answered the "Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2" (MMPI-2). The participants were drawn from the following three groups: (a) adults with LD and test…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Test Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Test Validity
The Relative Predictive Validity of Subtle vs. Obvious Items on the MMPI Depression Scale.
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Burkhart, Barry R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Obvious items were good predictors of all criteria; neutral items overlapped considerably with obvious items; and subtle items generally did not contribute uniquely to the prediction of any of the concurrent measures of depression. (Author)
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Item Analysis, Personality Measures, Predictive Validity
Item Overlap Correlations: Definitions, Interpretations, and Implications.
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Hsu, Louis M. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1994
Item overlap coefficient (IOC) formulas are discussed, providing six warnings about their calculation and interpretation and some explanations of why item overlap influences the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory factor structures. (SLD)
Descriptors: Correlation, Definitions, Equations (Mathematics), Factor Structure
Finding Two Dimensions in MMPI-2 Depression.
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Chang, Chih-Hung – Structural Equation Modeling, 1996
The underlying structure of the Depression scale of the revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) was studied using dichotomous Rasch model and factor analysis with the normative sample of 2,600 subjects. Results reveal two distinct subscales (mental depression and physical depression) in place of a homogenous set of items. (SLD)
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Emotional Problems, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure