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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
Reliability and Construct Validity of the Dutch Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version--Findings from a Sample of Male Adolescents in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Institution
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Das, Jacqueline; de Ruiter, Corine; Doreleijers, Theo; Hillege, Sanne – Assessment, 2009
The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Personality
Predicting Prison Adjustment with Structured Personality Inventories.
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Carbonell, Joyce L.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Investigated the degree to which the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) could predict criteria of adjustment to prison in 1,313 inmates. Results showed that neither the MMPI or CPI scales were accurate enough to be used alone for individual actuarial prediction. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Correctional Institutions, Personality Measures, Predictive Validity
Personality Patterns Among Correctional Officer Applicants
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Holland, Terrill R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The MMPI profiles of 359 correctional officer applicants were cluster analyzed, which resulted in the identification of five relatively homogeneous subgroups. The implications of the findings for occupationally adaptive and maladaptive correctional officer behavior were discussed. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Correctional Institutions, Personality Assessment, Personnel Evaluation
Using the MMPI to Classify Inmate Populations.
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Gottfredson, Don M., Ed. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1983
Examines the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Megargee typology) as a valid classification system in correctional decision making in a series of six articles. Most results urge caution in the use of the Megargee typology, finding poor test validity and test-retest reliability. (WAS)
Descriptors: Classification, Correctional Institutions, Personality Assessment, Position Papers
Prediction of Elopement of Mentally Ill Offenders Using the MMPI
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Cooke, Gerald; Thorwarth, Carolyn – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
Differences on the MMPI for elopers and non-elopers from a mentally ill offender population were analyzed and a sign approach was developed. Implications of MMPI differences for the psychological status of elopers are described. (Author)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Disorders
Prediction of Adjustment to Prison in a Federal Correctional Population.
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White, Robert B. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Results indicate that prisoners who received major disciplinary sanctions were not readily differentiated from a randomly selected comparison group on the basis of correctional data. However, maladjusted inmates tended to be younger. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory data was used. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Correctional Institutions, Ethnicity
Another Look at the Use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory as an Index to "Escapism"
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Adams, Thomas C.; West, Judy E. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Attempts to reevaluate Beall and Panton's MMPI escape scale on what presumably would be a more appropriate escapee sample than that used in previous studies. This would help to determine whether a revision of this escape scale should be undertaken. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Correctional Institutions, Data Analysis, Prediction
Effect of Two-Parent Home Background on Race Differences in Psychological Testing.
Inwald, Robin E. – 1980
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used personality assessment instrument in law enforcement agencies today. Race-related differences on MMPI validity and clinical scales have been the subject of much debate and research in recent years. Male correction officer candidates (N=395) of white, Black and Hispanic…
Descriptors: Blacks, Correctional Institutions, Family Characteristics, Family Influence