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Anderson, Laurence E. – 1983
This study was intended to provide descriptive data of the students in the Medicine Hat Youth Assessment Center, (YAC) in terms of psychological variables obtained from the Rorschach and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The adolescent subjects were 55 males assessed by the MMPI and 63 males and females assessed by the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
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Lair, Charles V.; King, Glen D. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study was undertaken as a reanalysis of data collected and reported by Lair and Biddy to determine whether the personality dimensions of denial or anxiety, as measured by the MMPI, predict subsequent open heart surgery mortality differently by sex. (Author)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment, Predictive Validity
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Newmark, Charles S.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study investigated the comparative interpretive efficacy of the Faschingbauer Abbreviated MMPI (FAM) and standard MMPI with a sample of psychiatric inpatients. A secondary goal was to estimate the functioning effective test length of the FAM as compared to the standard MMPI. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Patients, Psychological Studies, Psychological Testing
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Kunce, Joseph T.; Anderson, Wayne P. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Effective psychological services require recognition of a client's strengths as well as weaknesses. Personality tests such as the MMPI, however, focus attention upon the abnormal and deviant attributes of personality. Personality evaluation should comprise positive and negative considerations of character to provide a realistic assessment of human…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Individual Characteristics, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment
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Erickson, Richard C.; Freeman, Charles – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Explores the potential utility of the MMPI 168 with two inpatient medical populations. Correlations and clinically relevant comparisons suggest that the MMPI 168 predicted the standard MMPI with a high degree accuracy. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Patients
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Gayton, William F.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Examines the utility of the Mini-Mult, a short form of the MMPI, as a screening device for women who request an abortion. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Abortions, Data Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Psychological Studies
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Honaker, L. Michael; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Describes study that compared the administration of the Microtest computer version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with administration procedures for the traditional paper and pencil version. Highlights include an anxiety inventory; attitude scales; rank order and reliability; correlation analyses; power analyses; and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation