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Preliminary Validation of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory in Turkey
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Kutsal, Ebru; Pasli, Figen; Isikli, Sedat; Sahin, Figen; Yilmaz, Gokce; Beyazova, Ufuk – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This study aims to provide preliminary findings on the validity of Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP Inventory) on Turkish sample of 23 abuser and 47 nonabuser parents. To investigate validity in two groups, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Psychopathic Deviate (MMPI-PD) scale is also used along with CAP. The results show…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Child Abuse, Validity, Personality
Social Desirability, Non-Response Bias and Reliability in a Long Self-Report Measure: Illustrations from the MMPI-2 Administered to Brunei Student Teachers
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Mundia, Lawrence – Educational Psychology, 2011
The survey investigated the problems of social desirability (SD), non-response bias (NRB) and reliability in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--Revised (MMPI-2) self-report inventory administered to Brunei student teachers. Bruneians scored higher on all the validity scales than the normative US sample, thereby threatening the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, College Students, Social Desirability, Response Style (Tests)
The Harris-Lingoes Subscales: Fact or Fiction?
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Miller, Harold R.; Streiner, David L. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Examined the subjectivity of the Harris-Lingoes Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) content subscales by asking expert judges (N=13) to group items from appropriate clinical scales that represented similar content, attitudes or traits. Results showed nine replicated subscales were highly similar and nine were moderately similar to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Analysis, Personality Traits, Psychologists
Adapting the MMPI for Use in Assessing Late Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Phillips, Campbell Cornelius; Dahlstrom, W. Grant – Adolescence, 1997
Administered a modified version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to 448 high school students, as well as to psychiatric patients and juvenile offenders. Results suggest that students' responses were comparable to normal and clinical groups. The MMPI was effective in appraising the emotional problems of troubled…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, High School Students