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Dana, Richard H. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1995
Describes culturally competent assessment practice as a context for discussing advantages and disadvantages of various "corrections" currently available for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory with Hispanic populations. Corrections include moderator variables, special scales, special norms, translations, and aids to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Cultural Relevance, Ethics
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Dolan, M. P.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Assessed personality differences among Black, White, and Hispanic-American heroin addicts (N=423). Results confirmed the hypotheses that minority group heroin addicts (Blacks and Hispanics) would show better adjustment than White heroin addicts and that Hispanic-American heroin addicts would evidence personality characteristics unlike those of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
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Plemons, Grant – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
English-language Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI's) were administered to 40 bilingual Mexican-American and 109 Anglo-American psychiatric patients in a community mental health center. With K corrections, Mexican-American subjects scored higher on the L and K scales, but no significant differences were found on clinical scales…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Individual Differences
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Cheung, Fanny M.; Ho, Ringo M. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The Chinese Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI-A) was applied in Hong Kong to a normative sample of 565 male and 664 female students aged 14 to 18. In conjunction with previous research, findings support the possibility of cultural differences in item interpretation, which should be considered in clinical interpretations…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Chinese, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Dana, Richard H., Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers includes: (1) "An Assessment-Intervention Model for Research and Practice with Multicultural Populations" (Richard H. Dana); (2) "An Africentric Perspective for Clinical Research and Practice" (Edward F. Morris); (3) "Myths about the Null Hypothesis and the Path to Reform" (Robert G.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, African Culture, Afrocentrism, Alaska Natives