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Hanchon, Timothy A.; Allen, Ryan A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
From its inception as a disability category in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, serving students under the special education category Emotional Disturbance (ED) has been a challenging task for school psychologists. In particular, the vague and ambiguous federal definition has created an environment in which inconsistent assessment…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Emotional Disturbances, School Psychologists, Evaluation Methods
Bettmann, Joanna E.; Freeman, Pamela Clarkson; Parry, Kimber J. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
Adopted children are disproportionately represented in residential treatment programs in the United States. Adopted children in the United States constitute only 2% to 3% of the U.S population. Nevertheless, they comprise approximately 16.5% of the population in residential care. This descriptive study evaluated a sample of 473 psychological…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adolescents, Outdoor Education, Residential Programs
Sellbom, Martin; Toomey, Joseph A.; Wygant, Dustin B.; Kucharski, L. Thomas; Duncan, Scott – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The current study examined the utility of the recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) validity scales to detect feigned psychopathology in a criminal forensic setting. We used a known-groups design with the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS;…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Criminals, Validity, Psychopathology
Toomey, Joseph A.; Kucharski, L. Thomas; Duncan, Scott – Assessment, 2009
This study examined the utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2's (MMPI-2) malingering discriminant function index (M-DFI), recently developed by Bacchiochi and Bagby, in the detection of malingering in a forensic sample. Criminal defendants were divided into "malingering" and "not malingering" groups using…
Descriptors: Criminals, Discriminant Analysis, Court Litigation, Regression (Statistics)
Walters, Glenn D.; Rogers, Richard; Berry, David T. R.; Miller, Holly A.; Duncan, Scott A.; McCusker, Paul J.; Payne, Joshua W.; Granacher, Robert P., Jr. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The 6 nonoverlapping primary scales of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) were subjected to taxometric analysis in a group of 1,211 criminal and civil examinees in order to investigate the latent structure of feigned psychopathology. Both taxometric procedures used in this study, mean above minus below a cut (MAMBAC) and maximum…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Psychopathology, Personality, Measures (Individuals)
CAMPBELL, DAVID P. – 1963
A DETERMINATION OF THE LONG-TERM (25 YEARS) EFFECTS OF EDUCATIONAL-VOCATIONAL COUNSELING WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY. DATA FROM AN EARLIER STUDY (WILLIAMSON AND BORDIN) CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN 1933 TO 1936 WERE USED. THESE AUTHORS COMPARED THE ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENTS OF STUDENTS WHO HAD SOUGHT AND RECEIVED COUNSELING WITH…
Descriptors: Achievement, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Counseling
Sherman, Gregory A. – 1995
The major questions when considering substance abuse/dependence and personality are how these two constructs are related and how they interact. A review of the prevalence literature since 1986 documenting the co-occurrence of substance abuse disorders and personality disorders is presented in this study. Sampled are substance abuse and personality…
Descriptors: Interviews, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment
Colligan, Robert C.; And Others – 1983
The original normative base for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was established in the late 1930's and early 1940's. While there was a refining of this original sample in 1957, no contemporary standards for normal people have been published. To develop new norms a random sample of 1,919 households in and near Rochester,…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Testing, Data Collection, Educational Attainment
Golin, Sanford J.; Miller, Monroe J. – 1974
One hundred and fifty-three prison inmates were interviewed and administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Ratings were made of each inmate based on the interview using a scale which yielded a measure of Interpersonal Maturity. The MMPI data showed that over one-half the population were in diagnostic categories that could be…
Descriptors: Classification, Correctional Rehabilitation, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis
OFFER, DANIEL – 1966
A STUDY TO EXAMINE THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF NORMAL ADOLESCENTS WAS UNDERTAKEN. A SELF-IMAGE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DEVELOPED TO SELECT MODAL ADOLESCENTS ON THE BASIS OF HOW CLOSE THEY COME TO PSYCHOLOGICAL NORMS. AFTER THREE YEARS, COMPLETE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FOR 73 BOYS. THE DATA…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, High School Students, Interviews
Malouff, John M.; Schutte Nicola S. – 1985
This paper reviews the methods and findings of published research on the validity of police selection procedures. As a preface to the review, the typical police officer selection process is briefly described. Several common methodological deficiencies of the validation research are identified and discussed in detail: (1) use of past-selection…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Interest Inventories, Interviews, Literature Reviews
Shusman, Elizabeth J.; And Others – 1985
Validation and cross-validation studies were conducted using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) to predict job performance for 698 urban male police officers who completed a six-month training academy. Job performance criteria evaluated included absence, lateness, derelictions, negative…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing, Correlation