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Correlates of the MMPI-2-RF in a College Setting
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Forbey, Johnathan D.; Lee, Tayla T. C.; Handel, Richard W. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The current study examined empirical correlates of scores on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; A. Tellegen & Y. S. Ben-Porath, 2008; Y. S. Ben-Porath & A. Tellegen, 2008) scales in a college setting. The MMPI-2-RF and six criterion measures (assessing anger, assertiveness, sex roles, cognitive…
Descriptors: Correlation, Assertiveness, Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals)
Classification Accuracy of MMPI-2 Validity Scales in the Detection of Pain-Related Malingering: A Known-Groups Study
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Bianchini, Kevin J.; Etherton, Joseph L.; Greve, Kevin W.; Heinly, Matthew T.; Meyers, John E. – Assessment, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of "Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory" 2nd edition (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) validity indicators in the detection of malingering in clinical patients with chronic pain using a hybrid clinical-known groups/simulator design. The…
Descriptors: Validity, Classification, Pain, Patients
Effects of Two Types of Information on Malingering of Closed Head Injury on the MMPI-2: An Analog Investigation.
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Lamb, David G.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1994
The impact of detailed information on closed head injury (CHI) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) validity scales on malingering psychological symptoms of CHI on the MMPI-2 was studied in an analog experiment with 270 undergraduates. Results suggest the impact of such coaching on simulation of CHI. (SLD)
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Psychological Patterns
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