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Refining Adolescent MMPI Interpretations: Moderating Effects of Gender in Prediction of Descriptions from Parents.
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Wrobel, Nancy Howells; Lachar, David – Psychological Assessment, 1992
External correlates of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profile scales were investigated in a racially mixed urban sample of 247 adolescent psychiatric inpatients and outpatients (140 males and 107 females). Correlates included items completed by the patients' mothers. Gender plays a role as moderator of scale interpretation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests, Mothers
Correlation between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Profiles of Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents and Their Mothers.
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Smith, Patricia E.; And Others – Adolescence, 1984
Examined similarities and differences in like-sex and unlike-sex parent-adolescent modeling. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories were administered to 59 emotionally disturbed adolescents and their mothers. Results showed that the mother-daughter profiles were very similar but the mother-son profiles were dissimilar. The mother-daughter…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
MMPI Characteristics for Parents of Emotionally Disturbed and Learning-Disabled Children.
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Dean, Raymond S.; Jacobson, Beverly P. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Compared the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles for the parents of 90 preadolescent children. Data indicated that mothers of children with conduct disorders were more introverted and depressed; mothers of learning-disabled and personality-disordered children were rather defensive. The results for fathers were unremarkable.…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Mothers: The Unacknowledged Victims.
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Patterson, G.R. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1980
Used coercion theory to investigate aversive mother- child interactions. Literature indicated younger children produced higher rates of aversive interactions with their mothers. Mothers' role satisfaction varied as a function of such rates. Observation data showed mothers of aggressive children encountered higher rates of aversive interactions…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Child Rearing, Family Problems