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PubMed1997

Note on an MMPI-2 scale of early sexual abuse.

The mean of 191 female psychiatric inpatients on the Griffith, Myers, and Tankersley (1996) MMPI-2 scale of childhood sexual abuse was compared with means of 2 community samples (58 sexually abused women and 57 nonabused women). The mean of the patients was substantially larger than that of the nonabused women but slightly larger than that of the abused women. The scale may measure general maladjustment or psychopathology instead of, or in addition to, specific sequelae of sexual abuse. Further investigation is necessary to cross-validate the scale in community samples and to examine whether scores differentiate abused and non-abused women in clinical samples. This note illustrates use of an archival data set with results of recent research.

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PubMed1998

MMPI diagnostic classification of substance abusers of the 1970s.

Retrospective analysis of the MMPI profiles of 160 substance abusers tested in the 1970s showed that 54% were classified as showing signs of characterological disorder, 32% thinking disturbance, and 9% emotional disturbance. Four percent of the profiles were asymptomatic. These findings are presented both to confirm the wider variety of psychopathology in substance abusers of the 1970s than earlier and to provide current researchers with comparative data.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

The MMPI-2 Gender-role scales as measures of sex-typing.

The validity of the MMPI-2 Gender-role GM/GF scales as measures of sex-typing was examined relative to gender classification using the Personality Attributes Questionnaires. Although mean differences by sex were in the expected direction, the scales did not distinguish sex-typed, androgynous, and undifferentiated subjects. Correlations with the PAQ gender scales provided some support for the criterion validity of Gender-role GM scale for both men and women and the Gender-role GF scale for women.

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PubMed2000

Limitations in ethnic research on the MMPI-A.

This article describes two common limitations in research on responses of ethnic groups on the MMPI-A, lack of external correlates and combining scale scores for males and females.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

On the incremental validity of MMPI-2 Psychopathology-5 scales over the revised NEO Personality Inventory scales for predicting personality disorders.

The hypothesis that the MMPI-2 Psychopathology-5 scales are better predictors of personality disorders than the Revised NEO Personality Inventory scales was tested using Personality Adjective Checklist personality disorder scales with a 9-point response format. The three inventories were completed by 258 introductory psychology students (113 men and 145 women) for partial course credit. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed for predicting each Personality Adjective Checklist scale by entering the Revised NEO Personality Inventory scales as a set in the first step and the Psychopathology-5 scales as a set in the second step. Incremental validity of the Psychopathology-5 scales over the Revised NEO Personality Inventory scales for predicting each Personality Adjective Checklist scale was measured by the R2 change at the end of the second step in the hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Incremental validity values ranged from .01 to .09, with a median of .03, and were significant for only five Personality Adjective Checklist scales. Such results provided very little support for the hypothesis of relative superiority of the Psychopathology-5 scales over the Revised NEO Personality Inventory domain scales for predicting personality disorders.

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PubMed2003

What does the Keane PTSD scale of the MMPI measure? Repeated measurements in a group of patients with major depression.

We looked at a group of depressed patients in a treatment study, none of whom by study design had Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). High scores on the PTSD (PK) scale could only be due to factors other than PTSD. Despite the absence of PTSD, we observed an extremely high false positive rate in a group given the MMPI on multiple occasions. 92% of the subjects had at least one T score at or above 65 on the PK scale. 44% of the men and the women had at least one score at or above the more conservative cutoff (a raw score of 28) recommended by Lyons and Keane. The PK scale is sensitive to depression as well as anxiety and PTSD. The PK scale showed multiple high correlations with clinical and validity scales. It was concluded, in agreement with Miller, Goldberg, and Streiner (1995) and Moody and Kish (1989), that the PK scale is primarily a measure of general dysphoria. In populations with considerable psychopathology, the PK scale does not appear to discriminate between patients with and without PTSD.

Adult↗
PubMed2003

Predicting the outcome of methadone maintenance treatment with the Negative Treatment Indicators content scale from the MMPI-2.

Scores on the Negative Treatment Indicators content scale from the MMPI-2 were not significantly correlated with 5 measures of treatment outcome among 108 male patients on methadone maintenance. These results and those from other studies using this content scale as an independent variable with substance abusers suggest that the scale has yet to demonstrate consistent predictive validity with this population.

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PubMed2005

Interpretation of MMPI-A Scale 5 with female patients.

The present report describes clinical data useful in interpreting the meaning of elevations of Scale 5 of the MMPI-A with adolescent girls. Previous commentaries on the clinical significance of such scores have been ambiguous. The present findings suggest that scores which are elevated but still below a T value of 65 on this scale will be associated with acting out in treatment settings.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

Note on Korbanka and Gaede's MMPI-2 scale of history of emotional abuse.

Korbanka and Gaede recently developed an MMPI-2 scale by discriminant analysis to identify people who were emotionally abused in childhood or adolescence. The scale had an exceptionally high classification rate in the initial sample of mental health outpatients, and the authors recommended that it be validated in other samples. This note reinforces the recommendation for cross-validation, examines item overlap with other scales, shows emotionally abused patients responded to many items more positively and with more favorable self-description than emotionally unabused patients, and comments on the method used to develop the scale.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

Note on Meunier and Bodkins's (2005) "interpretation of MMPI-A Scale 5 with female patients".

Meunier and Bodkins discussed the unclear interpretation of Scale 5 of the MMPI-A, investigated use of the scale with adolescent girls in a court-ordered residential treatment program and suggested that subclinical elevations on the scale may predict disruptive behavior in special samples. This note comments on statistics reported by Meunier and Bodkins and recommends additional analyses, including estimation of effect sizes for scales on which comparisons are statistically nonsignificant.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

The relationship between neuropsychological deficit and MMPI profile in chronic schizophrenics.

The present study was an attempt to examine the relationship between personality variables and neuropsychological deficits in chronic schizophrenic subjects. The groups were composed of 73 chronic schizophrenic subjects with measureable cortical atrophy on CAT-Scan and 118 chronic schizophrenic subjects without identifiable brain damage. The relationship between neuropsychological deficit and personality variables was tested by means of discriminant analysis. As hypothesized, the brain-damaged group was found to have a stronger relationship between the neuropsychological deficits and the personality variables than the nonbrain-damaged group. Canonical correlation was used to demonstrate the underlying neuropsychological pattern which was found related to the personality profile of the MMPI for the entire sample of chronic schizophrenics. A frontal and anterior temporal lobe neuropsychological profile was found related to a particular personality profile.

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Relationships between MMPI and CPI types for male heroin abusers.

The similarity between typological systems based on the MMPI and CPI was investigated in a sample of male heroin users. The typologies had fairly high classification rates (85 and 75%, respectively) and evidenced relationships that seem consistent with psychological theory. Methods of using the two inventories and the respective typological systems in tandem were suggested, and the possibility of predicting the configural patterns of one inventory from those of the other was explored.

Antisocial Personality Disorder↗
PubMed1992

MMPI subtypes for cocaine abusers.

The MMPIs of 104 cocaine abusers in treatment were subjected to a hierarchical cluster analysis and two basic profile types emerged. Type I consisted of a spike on Pd and a subspike on Hyp, reflecting a rebellious, acting out character-disordered style with narcissistic traits. Type II consisted of a high-ranging, floating profile consisting of marked elevations on F, Sc, Dep, Pt, Pd, and Pa, reflecting a psychiatric patient who concurrently abused cocaine. These findings were contrasted to other MMPI typological studies, and the similarities and differences were discussed.

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MMPI correlates among post-acute TBI patients.

A retrospective study examined predictors of MMPI responses for a sample of 66 post-acute traumatic brain-injured patients. Years of education was found to be correlated to four clinical scales and two validity scales with the more educated subjects reporting less psychopathological symptoms. Those with higher Verbal IQs tended to score higher on the Hysteria scale and the Repression scale. Those with higher Performance IQs were found to be endorsing more items on the Hypochondriasis, Hysteria and Organic Symptoms scales. The Verbal-Performance (V-P) difference score was not found to be significantly predictive of indices of defensiveness. Depression was found to vary over time peaking between 1 and 3 years after injury. The results were discussed in terms of their implications for clinicians.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1978

Alcoholism scales of the MMPI: contributions and future directions.

Though MMPI alcoholism scales have been constructed to provide objective information for making alcoholism diagnoses, they have not met with general acceptance. Research has been criticized since alcoholics were not clearly defined and were not subdivided into homogeneous categories. Prealcoholics were not studied and no consistent findings emerged. The present review of alcoholics and prealcoholics indicates that some scales, such as the MacAndrew, are consistent in discriminating alcoholics from controls even when alcoholics were not subdivided into homogeneous categories. These findings suggest that alcoholics have personality characteristics that distinguish them from other groups and provide psychometric justification for alcoholism diagnoses.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1980

MMPI factor scale differences among heroin addicts differing in race and admission status.

Predictions that personalities of compulsive heroin users differ as a function of ethnicity and admission status were tested in an analysis of covariance design (covariates: age, intelligence, and socioeconomic status) using four MMPI factor scales as personality measures (i.e., anxiety, repression, somatization, and unconventionality). Those volunteering for treatment (n = 260) expressed significantly more anxiety and somatization than nonvolunteers (n = 67); White heroin users (n = 144) registered significantly more anxiety and repression than Blacks (n = 183). These findings, contraindicating the notion that one personality characteristic is associated with heroin addiction, underscore the necessity for developing personality typologies before assessing the role of psychosocial dimensions in theories and treatment of heroin addiction.

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