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Examining the Impact of Unscorable Item Responses on the Validity and Interpretability of MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical (RC) Scale Scores
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Dragon, Wendy R.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Handel, Richard W. – Assessment, 2012
This article examined the impact of unscorable item responses on the psychometric validity and practical interpretability of scores on the Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2/Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF). In analyses conducted with five…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Scores, Psychometrics, Validity
Incremental Validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised with Mental Health Inpatients
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Simonds, Elise C.; Handel, Richard W.; Archer, Robert P. – Assessment, 2008
This study evaluated the incremental validity of scores from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) in a sample of mental health inpatients originally published by Archer, Griffin, and Aiduk (1995). The incremental validity of scores from the SCL-90-R primary symptom dimensions…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Mental Health, Test Validity, Rating Scales
External Correlates of the MMPI-2 Content Component Scales in Mental Health Inpatients
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Green, Bradley A.; Handel, Richard W.; Archer, Robert P. – Assessment, 2006
External correlates of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Content Component Scales were identified using an inpatient sample of 544 adults. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and Symptom Checklist 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) produced correlates of the Content Component Scales, demonstrating external validity with…
Descriptors: Patients, Rating Scales, Construct Validity, Correlation
An Evaluation of the Incremental Validity of the MMPI-2 Superlative (S) Scale in an Inpatient Psychiatric Sample
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Archer, Robert P.; Handel, Richard W.; Couvadelli, Barbara – Assessment, 2004
The MMPI-2 Superlative (S) scale was developed by Butcher and Han (1995) to assess individuals tendencies to present themselves in an unrealistically positive light. The current study examined the performance of the L, K, and S scales in accurately distinguishing the MMPI-2 profiles of 379 psychiatric inpatients who produced one or more elevations…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Personality Measures, Rating Scales, Evaluation Research