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Peer reviewedMontgomery, Gary T.; Orozco, Sergio – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Compared Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scale score differences of 365 Anglo and Mexican American college students. Anglos scored significantly differently from Mexican Americans on 10 of 13 MMPI scales. With acculturation and age statistically controlled, Anglos and Mexican Americans differed on only the Lie and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anglo Americans, Chronological Age, College Students
Peer reviewedMcGill, Jerry C. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Investigated possible score bias on the MMPI among Blacks and Mexican-Americans who were receiving aid to families with dependent children. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Mexican Americans
Peer reviewedWhitworth, Randolph H.; Unterbrink, Christian – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1994
The original MMPI was criticized as being invalid with minority populations. When the revised MMPI-2 was administered to 400 Mexican American and Anglo American college students, the groups differed significantly on most content scales and several validity and clinical scales. However, absolute score differences were not so large as to preclude…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, College Students, Ethnic Bias, Mexican Americans
Peer reviewedPadilla, Eligio R.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1982
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and an acculturation inventory consisting of 15 semantic differential and sociocultural items were administered to Chicano college students. Factor analysis produced a four-dimensional measure of acculturation. Implications for future cross-cultural research and the difficulties in the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Higher Education, Mexican Americans
Peer reviewedPlemons, Grant – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
English-language Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI's) were administered to 40 bilingual Mexican-American and 109 Anglo-American psychiatric patients in a community mental health center. With K corrections, Mexican-American subjects scored higher on the L and K scales, but no significant differences were found on clinical scales…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Individual Differences
Download full textOrozco, Sergio; Freidrich, Katherine R. – 1992
The relationship between factors underlying a measure of acculturation, the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans (ARSMA), and the 566-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was studied. The ARSMA consists of 20 questions that are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from Mexican oriented (1) to Anglo oriented (5).…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Comparative Testing
