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MMPI Scores for Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Psychiatric Outpatients
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Morris, Louis A.; Shapiro, Arthur K. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
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)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Patients, Personality Measures, Predictive Validity
Behavioral Correlates of Single-Scale MMPI Code Types
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Boerger, Alan R.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
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)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Patients, Personality Measures
Drawings of the Opposite Sex: Continued Use of the Draw A Person Test and Young State Hospital Patients
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Dudley, Harold K.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1976
Indicates that IQ ranking is the most significnat factor affecting Draw A Person test performance by male subjects. IQ rankings were not found to significantly influence drawings by females. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Background, Institutionalized Persons, Intelligence
Use of the MMPI in Predicting Psychotherapeutic Persistence in Groups of Male and Female Outpatients.
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Walters, Glenn D.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
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…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Patients, Persistence, Personality Measures
Comparison of External Correlates of MMPI Substance Abuse Scales across Sex and Race.
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Snyder, Douglas K.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
Examined the differential predictive accuracy of seven Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory alcoholism scales and two drug abuse scales across both sex and race in sample of 171 alcoholic inpatients. Demonstrated considerable variance among these scales' ability to predict alcohol and other drug use, expectancies, and consequences.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, Expectation
A Study of the Average Workers' Compensation Case.
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Repko, Glenn R.; Cooper, Robert – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Outlines a group profile of patients (N=200) seen for psychiatric evaluation involving workers' compensation. Results showed 73 percent of the cases could be classified by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. A third of the sample reported back injury with 15 percent purely emotional complaints. There were few exaggerated MMPI profile…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Injuries, Participant Characteristics, Patients
The Detection of the Fake Good Response Set on the MMPI-2.
Parker, Wayne – 1991
Patterns of responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) that typify deliberate deception of others (faking good) were studied using 100 undergraduates at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) who were given extra course credit for participation in the study. Females constituted 73% of the final subject pool. Each…
Descriptors: Chi Square, Discriminant Analysis, Higher Education, Personality Measures