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Substance Use Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: An Exploration of Score Reliability via Meta-Analysis
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Miller, Christopher S.; Shields, Alan L.; Campfield, Delia; Wallace, Kim A.; Weiss, Roger D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
Three drug and alcohol use screening scales are embedded within the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2: the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC) and its revised version (MAC-R), the Addiction Acknowledgement Scale (AAS), and the Addiction Potential Scale (APS). The current study evaluated the reliability reporting practices among 210…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Drinking, Reliability, Personality
Screening for Malingering in a Criminal-Forensic Sample with the Personality Assessment Inventory
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Boccaccini, Marcus T.; Murrie, Daniel C.; Duncan, Scott A. – Psychological Assessment, 2006
In this study, the authors examined how overreporting of psychopathology indices on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; L. C. Morey, 1991) performed as screening measures for malingering in a sample of 166 defendants undergoing pretrial court-ordered evaluations in the federal criminal justice system. Using results from the Structured…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Assessment, Justice, Cutting Scores
The Utility of a Measure of Aggression in Differentiating Abusing Parents from Other Parents who are Experiencing Familial Disturbance.
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Plotkin, Ron C.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Discussed the utility of a measure of aggression using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Although child abusers significantly differed from a distressed and socioeconomic status-matched group on this scale, a discriminative analysis on the scale failed to adequately differentiate the groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Abuse, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing
K-Scale Correction and Percentile Norms for MMPI-168 Factor Scores.
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Overall, John E.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Derived appropriate K-corrections for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-168 factor scales and a general psychopathology screening scale (PSY). Determined percentile distributions of K-corrected scales in a normal sample (N=1438) and constructed a percentile profile sheet to facilitate clinical use (N=1048). Examined validity of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Diagnostic Tests, Factor Structure, Higher Education
Effect of Two-Parent Home Background on Race Differences in Psychological Testing.
Inwald, Robin E. – 1980
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used personality assessment instrument in law enforcement agencies today. Race-related differences on MMPI validity and clinical scales have been the subject of much debate and research in recent years. Male correction officer candidates (N=395) of white, Black and Hispanic…
Descriptors: Blacks, Correctional Institutions, Family Characteristics, Family Influence