Objective: Decisions about the composition of personality assessment in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (5th ed.; DSM-V) will be heavily influenced by the clinical utility of candidate constructs. In this study, we addressed 1 aspect of clinical utility by testing the incremental validity of 5-factor model (FFM)…

Structured risk assessment should guide clinical risk management, but it is uncertain which instrument has the highest predictive accuracy among men and women. In the present study, the authors compared the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; R. D. Hare, 1991, 2003); the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 (HCR-20; C. D. Webster, K. S.…

Presents a tabular formation that easily provides omitted-item scale membership to evaluate potential profile distortion in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The table permits scale-specific statements in clinical reports, rather than general notes about overall profile lowering, and can enhance the interpretation of omissions. (BH)

Provides data from over 2,000 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories on the nature of differences on number of elevated scales and in 2- and 3-point code types that occur when norms developed by Colligan et al. are applied. Demonstrates that no one-to-one correspondence exists between results of original norms and results of Colligan's new…

Examined the utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory validity indicators in subjects (N=90) known to have engaged in defenesive denial of sexually deviant behavior. Results demonstrated similarities between full-denial and part-denial subgroups and differences between both these groups and subjects who substantially admitted…

Results of the study indicated that gradual religious development group and the nonreligious group did not differ significantly from each other on manifest anxiety, but the religious conversion group obtained significantly higher scores on the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale than the other two groups combined. (Author)

In response to discussions by W. Mischel and by D. D. McClelland, attention is invited to the desirability of explicitly identifying general circumstances under which indirect assessment is superior to direct methods for assessing the same trait. (Author)

The purpose of the two present studies is to ascertain whether differential acceptance of the same general personality interpretation resulted as a function of telling seperate groups of individuals that their interpretation was based on a projective test, an interview, an objective test, or was "generally true of people." (Author)

The focus of this study is on the approach-avoidance reactions durning mediational activity of repressors and sensitizers. It was hypothesized that repressors would exhibit (a) disruption and early termination of chained free association, (b) a redundancy in their association repertoires, and (c) a lesser degree of sexual content in their…

Reviews Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) performance as a function of ethnic group membership in Asian Americans, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Recommends issues raised in the review be addressed by research before it can be concluded that new norms for the MMPI are needed for specific ethnic groups. (Author/NB)

Developed and cross-validated an empirically derived classification system of chronic pain patients. Identified three unique subgroups of chronic pain patients, labeled dysfunctional, interpersonally distressed, and minimizers/adaptive copers. Cross-validated and confirmed the uniqueness and accuracy of the taxonomy in a second study. Offers…

The general findings support the utility of direct compared to indirect approaches to personality measurement. (Author)