Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF)predictors of police officer problem behavior and collateral self-report test scores.

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M. Tarescavage ◽  
Gary L. Fischler ◽  
Bruce M. Cappo ◽  
David O. Hill ◽  
David M. Corey ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Stukenberg ◽  
Charles Brady ◽  
Nadya Klinetob

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Second Edition includes a new validity scale, the VRIN scale, intended to detect random responding. High scores are viewed as casting suspicion on the validity of the profile. For the present study, the authors evaluated some of the complexities of the VRIN scale including its interaction with the F scale. In particular, we tested two hypotheses. First is that among psychotically disturbed test takers, some inconsistent responding is an integral and expected mode of responding to a self-report measure. That is, in an inpatient psychiatric population increased confused responding (high VRIN score) is related in predictable ways to increased endorsement of pychotic scales and two-point codes and to increased psychotic diagnoses. The second hypothesis is a corollary—that the absence of inconsistency (low VRIN) in a protocol indicating acute distress (high F) may indicate that a respondent is being too consistent in presenting self as having severe difficulties. In this case, the rest of the protocol may be an exaggerated description of the clinical presentation. A sample of 521 psychiatric inpatients was used to evaluate these hypotheses. Some support for both hypotheses is reported. Further studies are recommended to evaluate the hypotheses.


1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 827-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leroy A. Stone ◽  
Gerald R. Bassett ◽  
James D. Brosseau ◽  
Judy Demers ◽  
John A. Stiening

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, General Aptitude Test Battery and Strong Vocational Interest Blank were administered to a group ( N = 19) of young men who subsequently graduated from a 15-mo. MEDEX (physician's extension) program. Their scores on these scales are presented and discussed.


Assessment ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam H. Crighton ◽  
Anthony M. Tarescavage ◽  
Roger O. Gervais ◽  
Yossef S. Ben-Porath

Elevated overreporting Validity Scale scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) are associated with higher scores on collateral measures; however, measures used in prior research lacked validity scales. We sought to extend these findings by examining associations between elevated MMPI-2-RF overreporting scale scores and Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) scale scores among 654 non–head injury civil disability claimants. Individuals were classified as overreporting psychopathology (OR-P), overreporting somatic/cognitive complaints (OR-SC), inconclusive reporting psychopathology (IR-P), inconclusive reporting somatic/cognitive complaints (IR-SC), or valid reporting (VR). Both overreporting groups had significantly and meaningfully higher scores than the VR group on the MMPI-2-RF and PAI scales. Both IR groups had significantly and meaningfully higher scores than the VR group, as well as lower scores than their overreporting counterparts. Our findings demonstrate the utility of inventories with validity scales in assessment batteries that include instruments without measures of protocol validity.


Assessment ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Archer ◽  
David E. Elkins ◽  
Robert Aiduk ◽  
Richard Griffin

Several hundred special or supplementary scales were created for the original Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). At the time of the release of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) in 1989, 15 supplementary scales were included in, or developed for, this revised test. The degree to which the MMPI-2 supplementary scales provide either new information or data that are redundant with that already provided by the MMPI-2 basic scales has not been investigated in prior research. The current study examines the incremental validity of the MMPI-2 supplementary scales in a sample of 597 adult psychiatric inpatients using criterion measures composed of other self-report instruments and clinicians' ratings of psychopathology. MMPI-2 basic and supplementary scale data were entered in a series of hierarchical regression analyses to statistically evaluate the degree to which the supplementary scales provided incremental contributions in the prediction of variance on outcome measures. These results were compared with levels of prediction achieved by forced entry of all 13 of the basic scales and with incremental variance produced by the assignment of random 7-score values to the supplementary scales. Major findings indicate that the inclusion of supplementary scale data only marginally increased the proportion of variance accounted for in external criterion variables.


2021 ◽  
pp. 81-101
Author(s):  
Francesca Pierazzuoli ◽  
Elisa Gatti ◽  
Laura Gorla ◽  
Giacomo Tognasso ◽  
Alessandra Santona

La presente ricerca esplora alcune caratteristiche psicologiche presenti nei fratelli con funzione di caregiver di pazienti con gravi patologie psichiche. Gli autori si focalizzano su aspetti quali la percezione della relazione con le figure genitoriali, le esperienze traumatiche, i tratti di personalità e alcune caratteristiche psicosociali. Il campione è costituito da 60 partecipanti: 30 fratelli di persone con gravi patologie psichiatriche (Gruppo A), reperiti all'interno di associazioni di fami liari e servizi psichiatrici territoriali, e 30 partecipanti del gruppo di controllo (Gruppo B) reclutati bilanciandoli al gruppo A in termini di caratteristiche; i partecipanti di entrambi i gruppi risultano residenti al Nord Italia. Sono stati impiegati i seguenti questionari self-report: il Parental Bonding Instrument- PBI, il Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2-MMPI-2, l'Inventario delle Esperienze Traumatiche- TEC e un Questionario anamnestico. I risultati mettono in luce come i fratelli caregiver di persone con grave disagio psichico presentino diverse caratteristiche peculiari rispetto al gruppo di controllo; ci si riferisce, in particolare, alle caratteristiche della struttura familiare, alle difficoltà relazionali con le figure genitoriali e alle esperienze traumatiche vissute a livello familiare.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (16) ◽  
pp. 2682-2684
Author(s):  
Rahma S. Bintang ◽  
Mustafa M. Amin

BACKGROUND: Masculinity behaviour is not a problematic sexual orientation disorder to find. Some behaviour could complicate the prevention and management, such as: rarely seeking help from a psychiatrist unless facing law problem or surrounding social taboo. The recent number of prevalence represents only the tip of the iceberg. CASE REPORT: We presented a case of a 38-year-old man taken by a police officer in the Department of Psychiatry, Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital for a Psychiatric Evaluation after allegedly killing his male partner. Psychiatric evaluation and MMPI-2 examinations were conducted to disclose and analyse his life dynamics and reality. CONCLUSION: The prior examination directed us to conduct an examination using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2). We found increased from Clinical Scale 5 and 44 positive answers from 66 questions. This patient is egosyntony that make it is very complicated to be treated.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Carnovale ◽  
Martin Sellbom ◽  
Michael Bagby

The eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), recently approved by the World Health Organization, contains a new diagnostic approach for personality disorders. This approach partly involves the consideration of five dimensional trait domain qualifiers – Negative Affectivity, Detachment, Dissocial, Disinhibition, and Anankastia. Oltmanns and Widiger (2018) recently developed a self-report measure, the Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD), to assess the five domains; however, further examination of the psychometric properties of the PiCD is warranted due to its limited research base. The present study aimed to further examine the reliability, structural and concurrent validity, and method variance of the PiCD in an ethnically-diverse undergraduate sample (N = 518), who were also administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). First, results suggested that the PiCD domain scales exhibited adequate internal consistency reliability via coefficient categorical omega (range = .77 - .87). Next, exploratory structural equation modeling results suggested support for a four-factor solution, with the fourth factor thought to represent a bipolar continuum of Anankastia to Disinhibition severity. Random-intercept factor analysis results suggested a small amount of variance in items (4.88%) attributable to idiosyncratic scale usage. Lastly, relations between PiCD domains and MMPI-2-RF scales (PSY-5 and Higher-Order scales) provided support for the validity of the Negative Affectivity, Detachment, and Dissocial domains, though relatively less support for Disinhibition and Anankastia. Further examination of other psychometric properties and the nomological network of the PiCD is recommended.


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