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Screening Utility of the PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 for Depression in College Students: Relationships with Substantive Scales of the MMPI-3
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Morris, Nicole M.; Ingram, Paul B.; Mitchell, Sean M.; Victor, Sarah E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2023
We investigated the validity and screening effectiveness of the PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 scores in 229 college students in a cross-sectional design. PHQ associations with Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 internalizing scales suggest PHQ scores are effective screening tools for college students and may aid in effective triage and service needs.
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Test Validity, College Students, Screening Tests
A Comparison of the Psychometric Properties of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory Full-Length and Short-Form Versions
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Kastner, Rebecca M.; Sellbom, Martin; Lilienfeld, Scott O. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) has shown promising construct validity as a measure of psychopathy. Because of its relative efficiency, a short-form version of the PPI (PPI-SF) was developed and has proven useful in many psychopathy studies. The validity of the PPI-SF, however, has not been thoroughly examined, and no studies have…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Psychopathology, Psychometrics, Comparative Analysis
Does the Disorder Matter? Investigating a Moderating Effect on Coached Noncredible Overreporting Using the MMPI-2 and PAI
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Veltri, Carlo O. C.; Williams, John E. – Assessment, 2013
The use of psychological tests to help identify the noncredible overreporting of psychiatric disorders is a long-standing practice that has received considerable attention from researchers. The purpose of this study was to experimentally determine whether feigning specific psychiatric disorders moderated the influence of coaching on the detection…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Mental Disorders, Coaching (Performance), Undergraduate Students
Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 to Develop a Scale to Identify Test Anxiety among Students with Learning Disabilities
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Lufi, Dubi; Awwad, Abeer – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
The purpose of this article was to describe an initial step developing a new scale to identify individuals with learning disabilities (LD) and test anxiety. Eighty-eight students answered the "Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2" (MMPI-2). The participants were drawn from the following three groups: (a) adults with LD and test…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Test Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Test Validity
Validation of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version Scores in a Sample of U.S. College Students
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2013
Two studies examined the psychometric properties of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version (AMAS-C) scores among U.S. college students. In Study 1,300 college students were administered the AMAS-C. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) indicated that the five-factor model (four anxiety factors and one lie factor) with a higher order factor…
Descriptors: Program Validation, Anxiety, Psychometrics, College Students
Detection of Overreported Psychopathology with the MMPI-2 RF Form Validity Scales
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Sellbom, Martin; Bagby, R. Michael – Psychological Assessment, 2010
We examined the utility of the validity scales on the recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2 RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) to detect overreported psychopathology. This set of validity scales includes a newly developed scale and revised versions of the original MMPI-2 validity scales. We…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Measures, Validity, Undergraduate Students