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A Computer Program for MMPI Scale Development with Contrasted Groups
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Clopton, James R. – Journal of Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Programs, Hypothesis Testing, Item Analysis
The Congruence Between Moral Judgment and Selected Scales of the MMPI
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Brown, Patricia M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Investigates several hypothesized relationships between Kohlberg's three levels of moral judgment and personality processes measured by selected scales of the MMPI. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Hypothesis Testing, Moral Development, Psychological Characteristics
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
Windstorms and Important Persons: Personality Characteristics of Black Educators
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Gynther, Malcolm D.; Witt, Philip H. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Compares highly educated professional blacks with blacks whose education and occupational skills are more representative of blacks-in-general to see whether the former have distinctive personality characteristics compatible with marginality. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Hypothesis Testing, Individual Characteristics, Item Analysis
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