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The MMPI-2 Computerized Adaptive Version (MMPI-2-CA) in a Veterans Administration Medical Outpatient Facility
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Forbey, Johnathan D.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Arbisi, Paul A. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The ability to screen quickly and thoroughly for psychological difficulties in existing and returning combat veterans who are seeking treatment for physical ailments would be of significant benefit. In the current study, item and time savings, as well as extratest correlations, associated with an audio-augmented version of the computerized…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality, Veterans, Patients
Further Validation of the MMPI-2 And MMPI-2-RF Response Bias Scale: Findings from Disability and Criminal Forensic Settings
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Wygant, Dustin B.; Sellbom, Martin; Gervais, Roger O.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Stafford, Kathleen P.; Freeman, David B.; Heilbronner, Robert L. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The present study extends the validation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Response Bias Scale (RBS; R. O. Gervais, Y. S. Ben-Porath, D. B. Wygant, & P. Green, 2007) in separate forensic samples composed of disability claimants and…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Criminals, Validity, Personality Measures
The Ability of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 Validity Scales To Detect Fake-Bad Responses in Psychiatric Inpatients.
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Arbisi, Paul A.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 1998
The effectiveness of the Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale (P. Arbisi and Y. Ben-Porath, 1995) in discriminating between groups of patients administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 under honest and fake-bad conditions was studied with 74 patients. Results support use of the scale in detecting malingering in psychiatric…
Descriptors: Identification, Patients, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
An MMPI-2 Infrequent Response Scale for Use with Psychopathological Populations: The Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale, "F(p)."
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Arbisi, Paul A.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 1995
The development and initial validation of a new Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (MMPI-2) scale designed to determine infrequent responding with psychopathological populations are described. Results with 1,179 subjects show that the Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale (F p ) may be useful in settings with high base rates of…
Descriptors: Patients, Psychological Patterns, Psychopathology, Responses
Empirical Correlates of Low Scores in MMPI-2 Scales in an Outpatient Mental Health Setting.
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Graham, John R.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; McNulty, John L. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The meaning of low scores on some Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scales was examined by comparing therapists' descriptors of 669 mental health patients with high, normal, or low scores on each scale. Results show that for most scales both high and low scores provide potentially important information. (SLD)
Descriptors: Correlation, Mental Disorders, Patients, Personality Assessment
Comparative Validity of MMPI-2 Scores of African American and Caucasian Mental Health Center Clients.
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McNulty, John L.; Graham, John R.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Stein, L. A. R. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The comparative validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scores for 123 African American and 561 Caucasian clients from a community mental health center was studied by contrasting mean MMPI-2 scores and correlations between these scores and therapists' ratings. Correlations were not significantly different for racial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Mental Disorders
Elevation Differences between MMPI-2 Clinical and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Frequency, Origins, and Interpretative Implications
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Sellbom, Martin; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; McNulty, John L.; Arbisi, Paul A.; Graham, John R. – Assessment, 2006
The frequency, origin, and interpretative implications of elevation differences on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) clinical and restructured clinical (RC) scales were examined. Two large clinical samples consisting of 1,770 outpatients and 2,438 inpatients were used for this study. Three potential factors…
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Patients, Correlation, Individual Differences
Characteristics of the MMPI-2 F(p) Scale as a Function of Diagnosis in an Inpatient Sample of Veterans.
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Arbisi, Paul A.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
A new infrequent response indicator, frequency psychopathology [F(p)] was developed for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and tested with 308 male psychiatric inpatients (veterans). Findings support the F(p) as a sensitive index of profile invalidity in psychiatric populations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Males, Mental Disorders, Patients
Susceptibility of the MMPI-2 Clinical, Restructured Clinical (RC), and Content Scales to Overreporting and Underreporting
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Sellbom, Martin; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Graham, John R.; Arbisi, Paul A.; Bagby, R. Michael – Assessment, 2005
The authors examined and compared the susceptibility of three Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scale sets (Clinical, Restructured Clinical [RC], and Content) to over- and underreporting using five analog samples. Two samples of 85 and 191 undergraduate students, respectively, took the MMPI-2 under underreporting versus…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Patients, Rating Scales