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The Effect of Client Ethnicity on Clinical Interpretation of the MMPI-2
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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
Examination of Racial Differences on the MMPI-2 Clinical and Restructured Clinical Scales in an Outpatient Sample
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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
Personality and Emotional Correlates of Self-Reported Antigay Behaviors.
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Patel, 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