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Comparative Validity of MMPI-2 Scores of African American and Caucasian Mental Health Center Clients.
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McNulty, John L.; Graham, John R.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Stein, L. A. R. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The comparative validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scores for 123 African American and 561 Caucasian clients from a community mental health center was studied by contrasting mean MMPI-2 scores and correlations between these scores and therapists' ratings. Correlations were not significantly different for racial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Mental Disorders
Factor Structure of the MMPI-168 in Male Narcotic Addicts.
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Shaffer, John W.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Compared factor analyses of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-168 (MMPI) with the MMPI full length version using a sample of male drug addicts. Found the two versions comparable. Factor structures were highly similar for Blacks and Whites, although significant mean differences on many scales suggested greater psychopathology among…
Descriptors: Adults, Drug Addiction, Factor Structure, Males
Racial Differences in Adolescent Self-Report: A Comparative Validity Study Using Homogeneous MMPI Content Measures.
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Wrobel, Nancy Howells; Lachar, David – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPIs) were administered to an urban mixed-race sample of 218 adolescent psychiatric patients. Wiggins scale elevations for African Americans and whites were compared, and the validity of the scales was assessed through comparison with parent observations. Implications for the MMPI-Adolescent content…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Measurement Techniques, Multiracial Persons