MMPI Overlap Item Scales for Differentiating Psychotics, Neurotics, and Nonpsychiatric Groups.

Friedman, Alan F.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1981

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MMPI Overlap Item Scales for Differentiating Psychotics, Neurotics, and Nonpsychiatric Groups.

Friedman, Alan F.; And Others

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v51 n4 p629-31 Aug 1981

Constructed three new scales (neurotic, psychotic, and maladjustment overlap scales) to test the hypothesis that overlapping items of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales measure factors common to the criterion groups associated with the scales. Results support the hypothesis and the validity of the three new scales. (WAS)

Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Differences, Neurosis, Patients, Personality Measures, Psychosis, Test Construction, Test Validity

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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