Incremental Validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Second Edition (MMPI-2) Relative to the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) in the Detection of Depressive Symptoms

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 389-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela C. Serrano Burneo ◽  
Stephen C. Bowden ◽  
Leonie C. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Incremental Validity

The Incremental Validity of MMPI-2 Supplementary Scales

Assessment ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Archer ◽  
David E. Elkins ◽  
Robert Aiduk ◽  
Richard Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
External Criterion ◽  
New Information ◽  
Supplementary Scale ◽  
Criterion Variables ◽  
Scale Data

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.

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.

scholarly journals Are Depression and Anxiety Common in Hemodialyzed Patients?

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nada Pop-Jordanova ◽  
Momir Polenakovic
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Instruments ◽  
Mental Problems ◽  
Response Measures ◽  
The Mean ◽  
End Stage

Abstract Researchers confirmed that depression and anxiety are two common comorbid disorders in chronic kidney patients. The aim of our study was to screen the level of depression and anxiety in a group of end-stage kidney diseases treated with hemodialysis. The evaluated sample comprised 230 participants; 110 females (mean age 55.5±13.5 years), and 120 males (mean age 54.5±14.3 years). The mean duration of maintenance dialysis was 8.3±5.8 years (from 0.5 to 24 years). Patients were selected randomly from three dialysis centers in R. Macedonia. As psychometric instruments Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and scores from Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-201) were used. Our study confirmed that majority of evaluated dialyzed patients are depressed and anxious in different level, but unfortunately the mental problems are frequently unrecognized. We suggested some response measures for management of these conditions in order to avoid risks for complications as well of suicide.

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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