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Bagby, R. Michael; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Results from 344 college students and 129 psychiatric patients supported the effectiveness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Infrequency scale in detecting fake-bad responding and the usefulness of the MMPI-2 Obvious-Subtle index, Positive Malingering scale, and Lie scale in detecting fake-good responding. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Patients, Personality Measures
Duckworth, Jane C.; Anderson, Wayne P. – 1986
This manual presents information on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), primarily directed to counselors and clinicians who work with university counseling center clients, private practice clients, and mental health clinic clients who are not usually psychotic or neurotic but are having difficulties in one or two areas. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality Measures, Test Content, Test Interpretation

Lilienfeld, Scott O. – Psychological Assessment, 1996
In 3 studies involving a total of 305 undergraduates, the Antisocial Practices (ASP) scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) exhibited convergent and discriminant validity with other measures of personality. The ASP and the Psychopathic Deviant scale appear to measure different facets of psychopathy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity

Nicholson, Robert A.; Mouton, Glenn J.; Bagby, R. Michael; Buis, Tom; Peterson, Stephanie A.; Buigas, Rudy A. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to evaluate 11 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) indicators of response distortion using 343 college students, some of whom simulated malingering or defensive responding, 181 forensic psychiatric patients, and 95 other psychiatric patients. Results show the usefulness…
Descriptors: College Students, Criminals, Defense Mechanisms, Higher Education

Gaston, Michele F.; And Others – Assessment, 1994
Comparability of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the MMPI-2 was explored by examining T-score means, profile configurations, score distribution, and rank-order correlations on validity scales for 84 undergraduates. Equivalency of the two forms was generally supported. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Higher Education, Personality Assessment

Butcher, James N., Ed. – Psychological Assessment, 1992
Many clinicians are reluctant to discuss test results with clients. The four articles of this special section (1) explore ethical issues involved in discussing test results with clients; (2) illustrate the test feedback process for neuropsychological evaluation; and (3) examine the impact of test feedback on the individual's functioning. (SLD)
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, College Students, Diagnostic Tests, Ethics
Hilson Research Inc., Kew Gardens, NY. – 1992
Abstracts and bibliographic citations are given for the following documents concerned with the use and characteristics of the Hilson Adolescent Profile (HAP): (1) "Use of the Hilson Adolescent Profile To Compare Juvenile Offenders with Junior and Senior High School Students" (R. E. Inwald and K. E. Brobst); (2) "The Effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies