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A Review and Comparison of the Reliabilities of the MMPI-2, MCMI-III, and PAI Presented in Their Respective Test Manuals
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Wise, Edward A.; Streiner, David L.; Walfish, Steven – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2010
This article provides a review of the literature to determine the most frequently used personality tests. Based on this review, internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients from the test manuals for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III), and Personality…
Descriptors: Guides, Personality Assessment, Test Reliability, Personality
Reliability and Sclae Equivalence of the Mini-Mult and MMPI
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Hobbs, Tom R.; Fowler, Raymond D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
The reliability of an abbreviated form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Mini-Mult, and its degree of correspondence with the MMPI were evaluated with a sample of 60 hospitalized schizophrenic veterans. The major results indicate respectable validity and reliability coefficients for most Mini-Mult Scales. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Personality Assessment, Psychological Testing, Schizophrenia
Relationships Between Response Stability and Item Endorsement, Social Desirability, and Ambiguity in the MMPI and the CPI
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Payne, Frank D. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1974
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Response Style (Tests)
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
The Assessment of Masculinity and Femininity: Scale 5 of the MMPI Compared with the BSRI and the PAQ.
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Volentine, Susen Zimmerman – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
Compared the MMPI Scale 5 to the Bem Sex Role Inventory and Personal Attributes Questionnaire. Femininity measures were related more strongly to Scale 5 score than masculinity measures. It was concluded that Scale 5 may be interpreted more accurately as a measure of femininity rather than masculinity/femininity. (Author)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Comparative Analysis, Females, Males
Selecting a Short Form of the MMPI: Addendum to Faschingbauer.
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Poythress, Norman G., Jr. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Faschingbauer offered guidelines in selecting MMPI short forms as substitutes for the MMPI. This reviews empirical studies of the clinical validity of MMPI short forms and discusses MMPI-168, not considered in Faschingbauer's earlier article. Empirical evidence favors the Faschingbauer Abbreviated MMPI and the MMPI-168 over others. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Psychological Evaluation
MMPI-2 Norms: Comparisons with a Census-Matched Subsample.
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Schinka, John A.; LaLone, Leif – Psychological Assessment, 1997
To study deviations from U.S. population demographics in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 restandardization sample, validity, clinical, content, and supplementary scale comparisons were performed between the restandardization sample and a census-matched subsample. Results indicate that deviations from population demographic…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Norms
Black-White Comparisons on the MMPI Mini-Mult
Murray, Leslie; And Others – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1976
Study compares performance on MMPI Mini-Mult inventory of black versus white juvenile delinquents of similar socioeconomic level, family background, grade level, and I.Q. The fact that there were no significant differences along racial lines indicates "that (this test) can be used to assess personality characteristics of both racial groups…
Descriptors: Delinquent Behavior, Disadvantaged, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures