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Publication Date: 2010-Dec
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Detection of Overreported Psychopathology with the MMPI-2 RF Form Validity Scales
Sellbom, Martin; Bagby, R. Michael
Psychological Assessment, v22 n4 p757-767 Dec 2010
We examined the utility of the validity scales on the recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2 RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) to detect overreported psychopathology. This set of validity scales includes a newly developed scale and revised versions of the original MMPI-2 validity scales. We used an analogue, experimental simulation in which MMPI-2 RF responses (derived from archived MMPI-2 protocols) of undergraduate students instructed to overreport psychopathology (in either a coached or noncoached condition) were compared with those of psychiatric inpatients who completed the MMPI-2 under standardized instructions. The MMPI-2 RF validity scale Infrequent Psychopathology Responses best differentiated the simulation groups from the sample of patients, regardless of experimental condition. No other validity scale added consistent incremental predictive utility to Infrequent Psychopathology Responses in distinguishing the simulation groups from the sample of patients. Classification accuracy statistics confirmed the recommended cut scores in the MMPI-2 RF manual (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008). (Contains 7 footnotes, 4 tables, and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Measures, Validity, Undergraduate Students, Patients, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Toronto)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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