Reevaluated findings for subtle items in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory D Scale in 214 subjects based on the distinction between item subtlety and face validity. Results indicated that the inclusion of nonpathological items in the D scale did not lead to greater predictive validity of depression criteria. (LLL)

Divided the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Pd scale into obvious (O), neutral (N), and subtle (S) subscales. Using college students results were: Pd-O scores were the most powerful predictor of criterion; Pd-S scores made a smaller but unique contribution; and Pd-N scores made no contribution not already in Pd-O criterion…

Obvious items were good predictors of all criteria; neutral items overlapped considerably with obvious items; and subtle items generally did not contribute uniquely to the prediction of any of the concurrent measures of depression. (Author)

This study evaluated the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) as a predictor of employment status with male, physically handicapped vocational rehabilitants of employable age who had been patients at centers at the University of North Dakota and the University of Minnesota; and compared Katzell's Double Cross-Validation (DCV) with a…