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Trainees' Perceptions of a Final Oral Competency Examination
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Goldberg, Robert W.; Young, Kevin R. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2016
Objective(s): The focus on competency attainment by professional psychology trainees obligates training programs to assess these competencies prior to completion of an internship. However, little is known about how trainees may perceive such testing. This study examines relationships between performance on an Oral Final Competency Examination of a…
Descriptors: Trainees, Student Attitudes, Verbal Tests, Psychology
Trait Interrelations in Implicit Personality Theories and Questionnaire Data.
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Stricker, Lawrence J; And Others – 1972
This study's aim was to assess the validity of naive subjects' implicit personality theories, the correspondence among the theories, and the influence of social desirability on them. High school girls classified the items from the MMPI Psychopathic Deviate scale into clusters representing different traits. These clusters agreed closely with the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Females, High School Seniors, High School Students
Clinical Limitations of Three Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Short Forms
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Hoffmann, Norman G.; Butcher, James N. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Three Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory short forms, the Mini-Mult, Faschingbauer's 166, and the MMPI-168, which were constructed by different methodologies, were compared on a sample of 1,028 psychiatric patients. Results of this study seriously question the use of MMPI short forms for clinical interpretation. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Personality Measures, Psychological Testing, Test Validity
MMPI--2 Code-Type Congruence of Injured Workers
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Livingston, Ronald B.; Jennings, Earl; Colotla, Victor A.; Reynolds, Cecil R.; Shercliffe, Regan J. – Psychological Assessment, 2006
In this study, the authors examined the stability of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (J. N. Butcher, W. G. Dahlstrom, J. R. Graham, A. Tellegen, & B. Kaemmer, 1989) code types in a sample of 94 injured workers with a mean test-retest interval of 21.3 months (SD = 14.1). Congruence rates for undefined code types were 34% for…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Injuries, Personality Measures, Test Reliability
Faking and the MMPI.
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Grow, Richard; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Evaluated the effectiveness of 13 different Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory taking direction techniques. Results indicated that from 10 percent to 81 percent of the variance associated with faking can be accounted for by various detection strategies. These techniques are recommended for clinical use. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Personality Measures, Test Reliability
Comparability of Two Methods of Administering the MMPI to Brain-Damaged Geriatric Patients
Uecker, Albert E. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Neurological Impairments, Patients, Perceptual Handicaps
The Complete Automation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and a Study of its Response Latency.
Dunn, Thomas G.; And Others – 1971
The feasibility of completely automating the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was tested, and item response latencies were compared with other MMPI item characteristics. A total of 26 scales were successfully scored automatically for 165 subjects. The program also typed a Mayo Clinic interpretive report on a computer terminal,…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Personality Measures