Attempted to predict therapeutic persistence with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Results revealed only the discriminant function for males achieved a classification accuracy (60 percent) greater than chance expectations; male persisters tended to be less defensive while experiencing greater distress; and female persisters…

Cross-validated the IMM scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI-A), a measure of ego level, with 151 college students. Means and standard deviations were obtained on IMM scale from the MMPI-A and another MMPI version for males and females. (SLD)

Compared the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles for the parents of 90 preadolescent children. Data indicated that mothers of children with conduct disorders were more introverted and depressed; mothers of learning-disabled and personality-disordered children were rather defensive. The results for fathers were unremarkable.…

Results reveal no racial differences on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales or the Adjective Checklist personal adjustment scale. Significant racial differences on the L, F and cynicism scales support the interpretation of cultural rather than differential racial adjustment. Sex differences were more prevalent than race…

In a university with a large black middle class population, a study using 35 undergraduate students was carried out to ascertain the validity of personality assessment--specifically the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the California Psychological Inventory (CPI)--for black populations. The impetus for this study was the…

Derived replicated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory clusters for both inpatient alcoholic men and women (N=300). Subsequent multivariate analyses employing several alcohol-use scales revealed significant differences among subtypes of alcoholic women but relatively poor differentiation among subtypes of men by these measures. (BH)

Collected responses from 1,467 normal midwestern adults to develop contemporary norms for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. In general, responses yielded higher mean scores than the original standardization group, suggesting a more conservative approach to profile interpretation. (JAC)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI) of 36 patient suicides were compared with two matching control groups. Female suicides differed significantly from all male groups and from both female control groups. These differentiating patterns emerged from a population of voluntary psychiatric patients and would not necessarily be…

Results of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory data were correlated to see if they were related to demographic and behavioral data. Analysis was done for male and female subjects. A significant number of reliable correlates were identified. (Author/EK)

Because of the still imperfectly understood basic factor structure of the MMPI, a Principal Components Analysis and Varimax Rotation was conducted on the MMPI item responses of 50 female undergraduate students of Education at Massey University. Eight factors were extracted. (Author)

MMPI values were used to find the relationship of field dependency to personality traits and styles of pathological adjustment in psychiatric outpatients. The investigation had separate analyses for the patient's sex and found it an important variable in predicting the relationship between test score and dependency and adjustment. (ED)

Examined similarities and differences in like-sex and unlike-sex parent-adolescent modeling. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories were administered to 59 emotionally disturbed adolescents and their mothers. Results showed that the mother-daughter profiles were very similar but the mother-son profiles were dissimilar. The mother-daughter…

Compared urbanized obese and nonobese American Indians and Caucasians on the Mini-Mult Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and I-E Scale (N=160). Found that the Indian sample had higher Hypomania scale scores. Males had higher Depression and Hypochondriasis scale scores than females. Mini-Multi and I-E Scale scores were similar across…

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)