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Direct linkAvdeyeva, Tatyana V.; Tellegen, Auke; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Assessment, 2012
In the present study, the authors explored the meaning of low scores on the MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical (RC) scales. Using responses of a sample of university students (N = 811), the authors examined whether low (T less than 39), within-normal-limits (T = 39-64), and high (T greater than 65) score levels on the RC scales are…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Correlation, Scores, College Students
Knaster, Cara A.; Micucci, Joseph A. – Assessment, 2013
Client ethnicity has been shown to affect clinicians' diagnostic impressions. However, it is not known whether interpretation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) clinical scales is affected by ethnic bias. In this study, clinicians (82 males, 60 females) provided severity ratings for six symptoms based on three MMPI-2…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Ethnicity, Racial Bias, Test Interpretation
Scott, Ronald L.; Flowers, John V.; Bulnes, Alejandro; Olmsted, Eileen; Carbajal-Madrid, Pedro – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
The use of assessments to characterize domestic violence perpetrators continues to develop with an emphasis on increasing the effectiveness of domestic violence interventions. The present study examines and compares Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)-2 responses from 41 English-speaking and 48 Spanish-speaking men who were in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Violence, Personality, Cultural Influences
Castro, Yessenia; Gordon, Kathryn H.; Brown, Jessica S.; Anestis, Joye C.; Joiner, Thomas E., Jr. – Assessment, 2008
The current study examined the possibility of differential predictive accuracy of selected Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Second Edition (MMPI-2) clinical and Restructured Clinical (RC) scales in a group of Black and White mental health center clients. Results indicate that Black clients scored higher than White clients on one…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Prediction, Racial Differences, Test Bias
Peer reviewedPickett, Lawrence K., Jr. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1981
The MMPI results obtained from 245 adolescent males referred to the evaluation unit of a Juvenile Court were submitted to a multivariate classification system. By correlating individual subject profiles with the modal profiles, six membership groups were formed. No relationship was found between group membership and age or race. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Peer reviewedO'Sullivan, Michael J.; Jemelka, Ron P. – Psychological Assessment, 1993
Levels of hostility and type of crime were compared in 94 male offenders with 3-4 or 4-3 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) high point pairs and in randomly selected offenders without these pairs. Results do not support these codes as evidence of a proclivity for violence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Criminals, Hostility, Males
Peer reviewedSchuldberg, David – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Describes study that investigated the effects of computerized test administration on undergraduates' responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and discusses methodological considerations important in evaluating the sensitivity of personality inventories in different administration formats. Results analyze the effects of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHonaker, L. Michael; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Describes study that compared the administration of the Microtest computer version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with administration procedures for the traditional paper and pencil version. Highlights include an anxiety inventory; attitude scales; rank order and reliability; correlation analyses; power analyses; and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation
Peer reviewedPatel, Sunita; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Examined the relationship between the emotional response of homophobia and selected personality and self-report behavioral variables (n=80). Data suggest that among young men certain personality characteristics compound homonegative affect and behavior. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, College Students, Higher Education
Download full textOrozco, Sergio; Freidrich, Katherine R. – 1992
The relationship between factors underlying a measure of acculturation, the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans (ARSMA), and the 566-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was studied. The ARSMA consists of 20 questions that are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from Mexican oriented (1) to Anglo oriented (5).…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Comparative Testing
