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Peer reviewedChase, Terry V.; And Others – Adolescence, 1975
It has been the impression of the authors that a significant minority of MMPI profiles produced by adolescents suggest schizophrenia when such a process is not evident clinically. The present study was conducted in order to measure and better understand the frequency of false positive adolescent MMPI profiles. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Patients, Psychiatry, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedWagner, Edwin E.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
This study, using data for 200 psychiatric/chemical dependency patients, attempted to justify subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Distributions of all possible split-half correlations for certain research scales of the MMPI revealed negative skewness resulting in spuriously lowered reliability estimates. The scales…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Patients, Personality Measures, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedErickson, 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
Peer reviewedHesselbrock, Michie N.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Compared three instruments assessing depression in alcoholics: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-II), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Depression scale (MMPI D), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The number of subjects who were diagnosed as "depressed" varied considerably according to the…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Comparative Testing, Depression (Psychology), Diagnostic Tests
