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Using the MMPI/MMPI-2 with the Hispanic/Latino Population.

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Whitney, Jennifer M. – 2002

Examination of the relationship between Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, racial identification, acculturation, culture, language and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI/MMPI-2) has revealed controversial results. Because the MMPI/MMPI-2 is the most widely used personality assessment, it is important to understand how ethnic and…

Descriptors: Ethnicity, Hispanic Americans, Measures (Individuals), Personality Assessment

Acculturation and MMPI Performance of Chicano and Anglo College Students.

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Padilla, Eligio R.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1982

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and an acculturation inventory consisting of 15 semantic differential and sociocultural items were administered to Chicano college students. Factor analysis produced a four-dimensional measure of acculturation. Implications for future cross-cultural research and the difficulties in the…

Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Higher Education, Mexican Americans