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Reliability and Construct Validity of the Dutch Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version--Findings from a Sample of Male Adolescents in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Institution
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Das, Jacqueline; de Ruiter, Corine; Doreleijers, Theo; Hillege, Sanne – Assessment, 2009
The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Personality
The MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales in the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Disorders
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Wolf, Erika J.; Miller, Mark W.; Orazem, Robert J.; Weierich, Mariann R.; Castillo, Diane T.; Milford, Jaime; Kaloupek, Danny G.; Keane, Terence M. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Restructured Clinical Scales (RCSs) in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) receiving clinical services at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. Study 1 included 1,098 men who completed the MMPI-2 and were…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Psychopathology
Parent MMPI Critical Item and Clinical Scale Changes in the 1970's.
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Holmes, George R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to parents (N=342) of children seen for psychiatric services at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute during the 1970s. Results suggested a parent population in which mothers were suffering considerably more psychological distress or psychopathology than fathers during the 1975-79…
Descriptors: Children, Parents, Psychiatric Services, Psychological Patterns
Parent and Child MMPI Responses: Characteristics among Families with Adolescents in Inpatient and Outpatient Setting.
Archer, Robert P.; And Others – 1985
The relationship of parent personality to child psychopathology has been investigated in numerous studies over the past three decades, using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). To investigate response patterns of both parents and offspring, the MMPI responses of 197 families with adolescents entering inpatient or outpatient…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parent Influence, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits
An MMPI-2 Infrequent Response Scale for Use with Psychopathological Populations: The Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale, "F(p)."
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Arbisi, Paul A.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 1995
The development and initial validation of a new Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (MMPI-2) scale designed to determine infrequent responding with psychopathological populations are described. Results with 1,179 subjects show that the Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale (F p ) may be useful in settings with high base rates of…
Descriptors: Patients, Psychological Patterns, Psychopathology, Responses
Clinical Assessment of Psychopathology in Violent and Nonviolent Juvenile Offenders.
Richardson, Linda M.; And Others – 1981
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Rorschach test are frequently used in juvenile justice settings to assess current psychological functioning and to predict future behavior. The Exner Comprehensive System, which standardized the Rorschach, made possible a comparison of the Rorschach and the MMPI in an investigation of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Personality Assessment
MMPI Characteristics of False Negatives on the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale.
Greene, Roger L.; And Others – 1983
The MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC) of the Minnesota Mulltiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) identifies individuals who are likely to abuse alcohol with an accuracy percentage ranging from 60 to 82 percent. The percentage of false negatives when using this scale range from 3 to 17 percent. In order to investigate the characteristics of false…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Counseling Techniques
Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Comparisons of Bipolar and Unipolar Depressed Groups on the MMPI
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Donnelly, Edward F.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory admission and remission profiles were compared in a group of 34 patients hospitalized for depression. Relatively normal profiles for the bipolar group and abnormal profiles for the unipolar group significantly differentiated the two groups at admission, but, with one exception, the differences dissipated…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Depression (Psychology)