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Peer reviewedSturmer, Paul J.; Gerstein, Lawrence H. – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1997
Reviews literature on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) racial bias since 1977. Research indicates cases in which racial bias is present and cases where it is not. Anticipates the onslaught of research on racial bias with the MMPI-2 and provides recommendations to researchers and mental-health counselors. (RJM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Racial Bias, Research Needs, Test Bias
Peer reviewedMcNulty, John L.; Graham, John R.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Stein, L. A. R. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The comparative validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scores for 123 African American and 561 Caucasian clients from a community mental health center was studied by contrasting mean MMPI-2 scores and correlations between these scores and therapists' ratings. Correlations were not significantly different for racial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Mental Disorders
Peer reviewedPowell, Lois – Journal of Negro Education, 1976
Suggests that when MMPI responses are secured from black samples and interpreted according to traditional actuarial or code book descriptions the questionnaire is capable of working against the welfare of man. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Norm Referenced Tests, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedElion, Victor H.; Megargee, Edwin I. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
The validity of the MMPI Psychopathic Deviate (Pd) and Pd+.4K scales to discriminate levels of social deviance among young black male prisoners was investigated in three studies. It was concluded that Pd and Pd+.4K both validly differentiate levels of social deviance but that the norms for the scales appear to show racial bias. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Bias, Blacks, Males
