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Validation of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version Scores in a Sample of U.S. College Students
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Lowe, Patricia A. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2013
Two studies examined the psychometric properties of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version (AMAS-C) scores among U.S. college students. In Study 1,300 college students were administered the AMAS-C. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) indicated that the five-factor model (four anxiety factors and one lie factor) with a higher order factor…
Descriptors: Program Validation, Anxiety, Psychometrics, College Students
Reliability and Construct Validity of the Dutch Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version--Findings from a Sample of Male Adolescents in a Juvenile Justice Treatment Institution
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Das, Jacqueline; de Ruiter, Corine; Doreleijers, Theo; Hillege, Sanne – Assessment, 2009
The present study examines the reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the Psychopathy Check List: Youth Version (PCL:YV) in a sample of male adolescents admitted to a secure juvenile justice treatment institution (N = 98). Hare's four-factor model is used to examine reliability and validity of the separate dimensions of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Personality
Bringing Another Perspective To Bear on the Factor Structure of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.
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Blaha, John; Merydith, Scott P.; Wallbrown, Fred H.; Dowd, Thomas E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2001
A hierarchical factor solution on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 standardization sample found a general psychopathology factor and four primary factors similar to those reported by Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, and Kaemmer (1989). (Contains 29 references and 2 tables.) (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Personality Measures, Psychopathology
MMPI Content Scales: Dimensional Structure, Construct Validity, and Interpretive Norms in a Psychiatric Population
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Jarnecke, Roy W.; Chambers, Eugene D. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) protocols for 242 acute psychiatric inpatients were scored on the 13 content scales. The age, IQ, and education of each subject were also recorded. Content-scale scores were compared with scores from normal groups and were found to be significantly greater. (Author)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Personality Measures, Research Projects, Scaling
Substantive Dimensions of Psychopathology Derived from MMPI Content Scales and the Differential Personality Inventory
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Hoffmann, Helmut; Jackson, Douglas N. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Factor analytic convergence of Wiggin's MMPI content scales and the author's unpublished Differential Personality Inventory (DPI) were studied. A varimax rotation yielded seven dimensions: health problems; interpersonal conflict; impulse expression vs. religiosity; denial; depressed withdrawal; cognitive dysfunction; and familial problems. Results…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Associations Among the MCMI-II Clinical Syndrome Scales and the MMPI-2 Clinical Scales.
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Blais, Mark A.; And Others – Assessment, 1994
The relationship among the nine clinical syndrome scales of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II) and clinical scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) was studied with 108 psychiatric inpatients. Results indicate convergent validity of only the MCMI-II Axis I scales. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests
Factor Analysis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-1 (MMPI-1) Validity Scale Items.
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Cloak, Nancy L.; Kirklen, Leonard E.; Strozier, Anne L.; Reed, James R. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1997
A factor analysis of 332 university counseling center students responses to Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-1 validity scale items identified four major factors: minimizing, exaggerating, cynicism, and psychological distress. Discusses implications for the development and interpretation of tests used in college counseling centers. (RJM)
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Guidance Centers, Higher Education
MMPI-A Scale-Level Factor Structure: Replication in a Clinical Sample.
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Archer, Robert P.; Krishnamurthy, Radhika – Assessment, 1997
The scale-level factor structure of the adolescent form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-A) was examined in a clinical sample of 358 adolescents receiving psychiatric services. Nine factors accounted for 75.6% of total variance in scale and subscale raw scores. Findings support use of the MMPI-A for assessment of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Diagnostic Tests, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Trait Interrelations in Implicit Personality Theories and Questionnaire Data.
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Stricker, Lawrence J; And Others – 1972
This study's aim was to assess the validity of naive subjects' implicit personality theories, the correspondence among the theories, and the influence of social desirability on them. High school girls classified the items from the MMPI Psychopathic Deviate scale into clusters representing different traits. These clusters agreed closely with the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Females, High School Seniors, High School Students