Comparisons between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent-Restructured Form (MMPI-A RF) and MMPI-A in adolescent psychiatric inpatients.

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Stokes ◽  
David L. Pogge ◽  
Robert P. Archer
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Personality Inventory

Comment on Merydith and Phelps (2009): “Convergent Validity of the MMPI–A and MACI Scales of Depression”

2010 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 766-768
Author(s):  
Alfred L. Brophy
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory

In 2009, Merydith and Phelps reported convergent validity of scales in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI–A) and the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) that assess depression with a sample of adolescent psychiatric inpatients. This comment addresses analysis of these data, cites selected research on sex and the two inventories, and restates the recommendation that researchers routinely examine such data separately by sex before proceeding with combined-sex analyses.

Use of the Harris and Lingoes Depression MMPI Subscales in Assessing Later Life

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1291-1297
Author(s):  
Lee Hyer, Blaze Harkey ◽  
William R. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
T Score ◽  
Depressed Group

A profile of later life depression was developed. One hundred later life psychiatric inpatients were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory. These subjects were divided into depressed and nondepressed groups based on two criteria, an MMPI–-D T score ≥ 70 and a Beck score of 17. These two groups were compared on the MMPI Harris and Lingoes and Serkownek subscales and the Wiggins subscales. On 26 subscales depressed group were significantly higher than the nondepressed group. All but three of these 26 subscales were considered conceptually related to one of the five Harris and Lingoes-Depression subscales. This provided a profile of later life depression. There were also six subscales on which the nondepressed group was higher than the depressed group. These were distinctly nondepressive symptoms.

Development of a Short Form for the MMPI-2 Based on Scale Elevation Congruence

Assessment ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. McGrath ◽  
Ray Terranova ◽  
David L. Pogge ◽  
Celina Kravic
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Reasonable Alternative ◽  
Long Form

The length of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is often considered a barrier to its use, leading to the development of short forms. Two methods of abbreviating the revised MMPI have now been developed. One agrees poorly with the long form in terms of which scales are elevated. The second ensures perfect congruence in which scales are elevated but requires computer administration. This article describes the development of a short form representing a compromise approach. The short form was derived using 800 psychiatric inpatients and cross-validated with samples of 658 inpatients and 266 outpatients. It is briefer than the computerized short form but does not achieve perfect congruence with the full inventory. It is longer than earlier noncomputerized short forms but demonstrates greater scale elevation congruence with the full inventory and allows estimates of more scales. The short form offers a reasonable alternative when the full inventory is impractical.

MMPI-2 in Child Custody Litigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Roma ◽  
Federica Ricci ◽  
Georgios D. Kotzalidis ◽  
Luigi Abbate ◽  
Anna Lubrano Lavadera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Custody ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Custody Evaluations ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Forensic Assessments ◽  
Child Custody Evaluations ◽  
Italian Women

In recent years, several studies have addressed the issue of positive self-presentation bias in assessing parents involved in postdivorce child custody litigations. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is widely used in forensic assessments and is able to evaluate positive self-presentation through its Superlative Self-Presentation S scale. We investigated the existence of a gender effect on positive self-presentation bias in an Italian sample of parents involved in court evaluation. Participants were 391 divorced parents who completed the full 567-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 during child custody evaluations ordered by several Italian courts between 2006 and 2010. Our analysis considered the S scale along with the basic clinical scales. North-American studies had shown no gender differences in child custody litigations. Differently, our results showed a significantly higher tendency toward “faking-good” profiles on the MMPI-2 among Italian women as compared to men and as compared to the normative Italian female population. Cultural and social factors could account for these differences.

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