Prediction of All-Cause Mortality by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Optimism-Pessimism Scale Scores: Study of a College Sample During a 40-Year Follow-up Period

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.

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A comparative analysis of minnesota multiphasic personality inventory profiles of anorexia nervosa at hospital admission, discharge, and 10-year follow-up

Comprehensive Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0010-440x(97)90073-0 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 185-191 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Ida F Dancyger ◽

Suzanne R Sunday ◽

Elke D Eckert ◽

Katherine A Halmi

Keyword(s):

Anorexia Nervosa ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Hospital Admission ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Personality Inventory

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Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders with Invalid and Valid MMPI-A Profiles

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/03.09.16.28.pr0.108.3.908-918 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 108 (3) ◽

pp. 908-918

Author(s):

Julian J. Fabry ◽

Joseph F. Bertinetti ◽

Laura Guzman-Cavazos

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Juvenile Offenders ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Multivariate Analyses ◽

Juvenile Offender ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory ◽

Technical Manual ◽

Scale Scores ◽

Similarities And Differences

The issue of what type of juvenile offender produces an invalid versus a valid Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Adolescent Form (MMPI–A) profile requires study. Using technical manual profile invalidation requirements from a cohort sample of 1,054 juvenile offenders, 387 produced invalid profiles, whereas 667 yielded valid profiles. Utilizing scale scores from the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI), univariate and multivariate analyses for girls, boys, and combined samples of invalid and valid MMPI-A profiles suggested similarities and differences which influenced the results for the combined samples. The groups were separated on the following MACI scales: Disclosure, Impulsivity Substance Abuse Propensity, Unruly, and Oppositional by sex and for the combined group. Also noted were other MACI scales which distinguished boys and girls in comparisons made between as well as within the invalid and valid profiles.

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Predictive Validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Scale Scores in an Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Program

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0093854820918003 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 47 (8) ◽

pp. 978-995

Author(s):

Megan R. Whitman ◽

Danielle L. Burchett ◽

Anthony M. Tarescavage ◽

Yossef S. Ben-Porath ◽

Martin Sellbom

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Predictive Validity ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intervention Program ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Relative Risk Ratio ◽

Violence Intervention ◽

Scale Scores

Intimate partner violence intervention programs (IPVIPs) are intended to rehabilitate individuals charged with intimate partner violence (IPV) offenses, but these programs evidence high rates of treatment dismissal and recidivism. Applying the risk-needs-responsivity framework to improve IPVIP effectiveness has been suggested, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) may be used to inform risk estimates in this context. Past research has evaluated MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical scale scores in an IPVIP setting, but the remaining MMPI-2-RF substantive scales have yet to be evaluated. We tested the predictive validity of conceptually relevant MMPI-2-RF Higher-Order, Specific Problems, and Personality Psychopathology Five scale scores among a large sample of men who were court-mandated to treatment. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses indicated that several MMPI-2-RF scores incremented predictions of treatment dismissal and various recidivism variables beyond intake variables. Relative risk ratio analyses demonstrated promising utility of the measure in IPVIP settings.

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Reliability and validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) scale scores among patients seeking spine surgery.

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/pas0001096 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ryan J. Marek ◽

Andrew R. Block ◽

Yossef S. Ben-Porath

Keyword(s):

Spine Surgery ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Scale Scores

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Examining the Impact of Unscorable Item Responses on the Validity and Interpretability of MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF Restructured Clinical (RC) Scale Scores

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191111415362 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 101-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Wendy R. Dragon ◽

Yossef S. Ben-Porath ◽

Richard W. Handel

Keyword(s):

Scale Score ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Rc Scales ◽

Forensic Samples ◽

Scale Scores ◽

Item Responses ◽

The Impact ◽

Psychometric Validity ◽

Restructured Clinical

This article examined the impact of unscorable item responses on the psychometric validity and practical interpretability of scores on the Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2/Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2–Restructured Form (MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF). In analyses conducted with five archival samples, we found that relatively large proportions of unscorable responses (defined as 10% or more of the items scored on a scale) were relatively uncommon, occurring most often in forensic samples. Simulated unscorable responses were inserted in varying proportions (10% to 90 %) in place of the responses of participants in two of the archival samples for which criterion data were available. Analyses were conducted to gauge the impact of unscorable responses on the criterion validity of scores on these scales and their interpretability. Impact on validity was evaluated by examining correlations with extra-test variables as a function of increasing levels of unscorable responding. Interpretability was evaluated by examining the proportion of participants who produced clinically elevated RC Scale scores as a function of unscorable responding. Results indicate that whereas scale score validity was relatively robust up to a level of 50% unscorable responses, interpretability was substantially compromised at only 10% unscorable responding. This suggests that prorated scores may be used to correct for the impact of unscorable responses on the interpretability of RC Scale scores at levels as high as 50% unscorable responses. Classification analyses supported this possibility. Further steps needed to explore the feasibility of using prorated scores are discussed.

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Clinical Utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) in a Residential Treatment Program for Homeless Individuals

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191119899481 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 107319111989948

Author(s):

Mark A. Ruiz ◽

Mary T. Dorritie

Keyword(s):

Residential Treatment ◽

Treatment Program ◽

Behavioral Problems ◽

Clinical Utility ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Hospital Readmissions ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Successful Outcome ◽

Small Effect Size ◽

Scale Scores

The current study examined the clinical utility of the Restructured Form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI-2-RF) in a residential treatment program for homeless individuals. MMPI-2-RF scale scores from 146 participants with valid profiles were correlated with variables obtained at intake and during treatment. The sample was then followed 12 months postdischarge to test preregistered hypotheses regarding MMPI-2-RF predictors of hospital readmissions. The results indicated that a variety of MMPI-2-RF scale scores were correlated with historical and diagnostic variables at intake and with measures of treatment outcome, including behavioral problems and successful outcome. A broad range of MMPI-2-RF scale scores were related to readmissions postdischarge and many of these relationships remained significant when tested in Poisson regression models containing other predictors. However, the postdischarge findings were generally inconsistent with our predictions and were of small effect size. The clinical implications of MMPI-2-RF results for residential treatment programs are discussed.

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