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Ross, Steven M.; And Others – 1983
While there have been few reports of psychological assessment of eating disordered patients, studies using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to assess eating disordered subjects found that female anorexics had remarkably similiar profiles (score elevations of 70 or more) to female schizophrenics on the Depression (D),…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Clinical Diagnosis, College Students, Higher Education

Holden, Constance – Science, 1986
Reviews findings of a restandardization project which examined the current validity of the Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory (MMPI), an instrument used to test for personality and psychological disorders. States that the MMPI has proved to be a remarkably durable instrument over the 45 years of its use. (ML)
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Psychological Evaluation