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Peer reviewedHolland, Terrill R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Drug abuse scores from prisoners resulted in two factors describing lifetime use of cannabis versus opiates. Analysis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles versus drug abuse patterns indicated moderate, unidimensional relationship between variables. MMPI profiles of opiate users were similar to those identified in research…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Correlation, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedPena, Liana M.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) was examined for 162 delinquent boys in a state training school who were compared with 805 nondelinquent male adolescents and the original MMPI sample of 7,783 male adolescents. The most useful scales are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Males
Peer reviewedKirkland, Karen D.; Bauer, Chris A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Compared Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores of incestuous fathers and stepfathers to those of a matched control group. Analyses reflected more pathological scores for incest fathers on the psychopathic deviate scale, the psychasthenia scale and the schizophrenia scales. Results were discussed in terms of a character-disordered…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Relationship, Fathers, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedKelley, Crystal K.; King, Glen D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Investigated behavioral correlates of the 2-7-8 code type in students attending a university mental health clinic. Sex differences in interpretive correlates were also investigated. Males demonstrated neurotic and psychotic characteristics, similar to previously described descriptions. Females appeared more neurotic, not typical of previously…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Correlation, Mental Health Clinics
Peer reviewedGallucci, Nicholas T. – Assessment, 1997
The correlates of 16 scales for the identification of substance abuse developed for the adolescent form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were studied with 180 adolescents receiving treatment for substance abuse. As expected, previously validated scales were reliably and positively correlated with therapists' ratings of behavioral…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Identification
Peer reviewedGallucci, 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
Peer reviewedLilienfeld, Scott O. – Psychological Assessment, 1996
In 3 studies involving a total of 305 undergraduates, the Antisocial Practices (ASP) scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) exhibited convergent and discriminant validity with other measures of personality. The ASP and the Psychopathic Deviant scale appear to measure different facets of psychopathy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
Peer reviewedGallucci, Nicholas T. – Psychological Assessment, 1994
Validities of the Harris-Lingoes subscales and MacAndrew scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in estimation of criterion measures were evaluated with 177 adolescent inpatients. Results were consistent with predictions that excitatory and inhibitory scales and subscales would be related to criteria of behavioral control…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Criteria
