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MMPI Codetypes and DSM-III Diagnoses: A Brief Review.
Suess, James F. – 1986
While the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) has retained its popularity within the clinical community for over 40 years, some investigators have criticized its ability to provide an accurate diagnosis. Codetype systems of MMPI score interpretations were developed and a predictive relationship between codetypes and diagnoses was…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Comparison of Error Rates Associated with Alternative MMPI Profile Classification Schemes
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Overall, John E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
In the present investigation, the MMPI profile classification program was used to compare the representatives'' of three different sets of diagnostic prototypes. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Individual Characteristics, Personality Assessment, Statistical Analysis
Using the MMPI to Classify Inmate Populations.
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Gottfredson, Don M., Ed. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1983
Examines the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Megargee typology) as a valid classification system in correctional decision making in a series of six articles. Most results urge caution in the use of the Megargee typology, finding poor test validity and test-retest reliability. (WAS)
Descriptors: Classification, Correctional Institutions, Personality Assessment, Position Papers
Classification of Prison Inmates with the MMPI: An Extension and Validation of the Megargee Typology.
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Booth, Raydell J.; Howell, Robert J. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1980
Megargee's MMPI federal prisoner classification was used to determine validity with prisoners. Similarities and differences were examined and predictive validity was tested. It was concluded that the Megargee system can be used in grouping state prisoners. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Classification, Institutional Research
Accused Murderers: Five MMPI Personality Types.
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Anderson, Wayne P.; Holcomb, William R. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Identified five types of violent criminals (N=110) using cluster analysis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores, and compared them on 24 sociological and behavioral variables. Results showed differences on 16 items including family history, drug and alcohol use, events preceding the crime, and relationship between offender and…
Descriptors: Background, Behavior Patterns, Classification, Cluster Analysis
Assessment of Borderline Personality Disorder Using the MMPI-2 and the Personality Assessment Inventory.
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Bell-Pringle, Virginia J.; Pate, James L.; Brown, Robert C. – Assessment, 1997
The usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in the classification of patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was investigated. Twenty-two female inpatients diagnosed as having BPD and 22 female student control participants participated in the…
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
On the Identification of Patterns of Substance Abuse with the MMPI-A.
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Gallucci, Nicholas T. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The contributions of specific scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) to the classification of 180 adolescent substance abusers into groups characterized by aspects of behavioral control were studied. Seven scales made significant contributions to the classification of substance abusers into three groups, with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Classification, Construct Validity
The Use of the MMPI-2 for the Assessment of Depressive and Psychotic Disorders.
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Wetzler, Scott; Khadivi, Ali; Moser, R. Kevin – Assessment, 1998
The usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) (J. Butcher and others, 1989) for diagnosis and assessment of depression and psychoses was studied with 264 psychiatric inpatients. MMPI-2 profiles were sensitive to group differences, and the derived regression equations were stable and fairly good at classification.…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Diagnostic Tests