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PubMed1992

Investigating the relationship between the Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory and the Personality Inventory for Children with a sample of learning disabled adolescents.

The present study involved a preliminary evaluation of the correlations between subscales on the Personality Inventory for Children and the Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory with 25 learning disabled adolescents. Analysis yielded a number of significant correlations between these two scales, using the Personality Inventory for Children as the anchor scale, and showed that these adolescents as a group scored within clinically acceptable ranges on both diagnostic scales. Both scales need further psychometric and clinical investigation, and as such, the limitations of the study and the research needed are addressed, including the need for more multitrait, multimethod studies.

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PubMed1995

Domains and facets: hierarchical personality assessment using the revised NEO personality inventory.

Personality traits are organized hierarchically, with narrow, specific traits combining to define broad, global factors. The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R; Costa & McCrae, 1992c) assesses personality at both levels, with six specific facet scales in each of five broad domains. This article describes conceptual issues in specifying facets of a domain and reports evidence on the validity of NEO-PI-R facet scales. Facet analysis-the interpretation of a scale in terms of the specific facets with which it correlates-is illustrated using alternative measures of the five-factor model and occupational scales. Finally, the hierarchical interpretation of personality profiles is discussed. Interpretation on the domain level yields a rapid understanding of the individual interpretation of specific facet scales gives a more detailed assessment.

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PubMed1981

[Algorithm of graphic interactive presentation and automatic correction of a complex personality inventory (MMPI, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)].

MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) gives an evaluation of personality traits from one's positions relative to 550 items - short forms of the inventory may allow an estimate of reduced number of scales from a reduced number of items. This study describes the logical background of the selection and scoring of an arbitrarily defined short form of the MMPI. The use of the inventory via an interactive processor, much more effective than the commonly used item sets and manual scoring, is contributing to its development outside the clinical field.

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PubMed1995

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles in persons with or without low back pain. A 20-year follow-up study.

STUDY DESIGN: A general health survey including a cross-sectional study of 404 men and women aged 50 years who underwent follow-up evaluation at ages 60 and 70 years. OBJECTIVES: The participants completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at age 50 and 60 years and were interviewed at age 60 and 70 years regarding low back pain experienced in the preceding 10 years. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory data in low back pain patients are derived mainly from selected materials. This study presents data from a general population and sheds light on the controversy: "What comes first--Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory changes or low back pain?". METHODS. Within the frame of a general health survey where the primary aim was to study cardiovascular risk factors, the participants completed a shortened Danish version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at age 50 and 60 years; low back pain data were collected at interviews at age 60 and 70 years, and this study focused on the Hypochondriasis-Depression-Hysteria scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. RESULTS: Presence of low back pain from ages 50 to 60 and from ages 60 to 70 years was associated with elevated Hypochondriasis-Depression-Hysteria scales at age 50 and 60 years. Profiles showing the "conversion-V" configuration were present with a history of low back pain, at the 50-year and 60-year Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores collected at age 50 years were not different between those who did report and those who did not report low back pain during the decade from 60 to 70 years, provided that they had not experienced low back pain during the period from age 50 to 60 years. CONCLUSIONS: Elevations of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Hypochondriasis-Depression-Hysteria scales were shown in persons with a history of low pack pain. The results indicated that low back pain is preceded by elevated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales was not supported.

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PubMed1991

Relationship between the basic personality inventory and the NEO-Personality Inventory in a nonpatient sample.

The relation between psychopathology measured by Jackson's 1989 Basic Personality Inventory and personality dimensions measured by Costa and McCrae's 1985 NEO-Personality Inventory was investigated in a nonpatient sample of 457 female subjects. The results contribute to the validation of both instruments and agree with the relevant findings reported in the literature. They also provide support for the cross-cultural invariance of these instruments.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[Investigation of the concurrent validity of a new personality inventory: construction of a new personality inventory by means of factor analysis based on promax rotation (II)].

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the concurrent validity of a new type of personality inventory (NPI) which has been constructed by the present authors. For this purpose, we conducted three kinds of studies. The first one was to find the relationship of the 13 scales of the NPI with the 12 scales of YG personality inventory. Factor analysis and canonical correlation analysis were employed for the study. It was found that the NPI measured relatively wider area of personality traits as compared with the YG inventory. The second and the third studies were concerned with the concurrent validity of the NPI. The inventory was applied to both six hundred company workers and two hundred university students, and they were classified into adjusted and maladjusted groups respectively according to their responses to a questionnaire aimed at measuring the adaptability to jobs or to majors. Results showed that the 13 scales of the NPI had a strong predictive power in the sense of the concurrent validity. Further studies are needed in order to measure the predictive validity of all the scales of the present personality inventory.

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PubMed1987

[Simultaneous analyses of the Freiburg Personality Inventory short form, the Eysenck Personality Inventory, the Giessen Test and Berger Scales--a contribution to the diagnostic value of the scales in assessing self acceptance and acceptance of others].

To verify the diagnostical value of the German version of the Berger scales for assessing self acceptance and acceptance of others, the scales and the short form of the "Freiburger Persönlichkeits Inventar" (FPI-K), the German version of the EPI, and the Giessen-Test were presented to a sample of 107 subjects. The data were evaluated by item analysis, correlational analysis, factor analysis, and NMDS. The results--in some degree a replication of earlier studies--prove the practicability of both constructs: The self acceptance scale assesses a positive self-image with a strong extraverted component, the acceptance of others scale shows negative relations to the aggression scales of the FPI-K. Besides this the NMDS can demonstrate a component of social desirability. The integration of both constructs into traditional concepts of personality is discussed in connection with the NMDS.

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PubMed2001

Further validation of the psychopathic personality inventory among offenders: personality and behavioral correlates.

The Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI; Lilienfeld & Andrews, 1996) is a relatively new self-report measure that has shown considerable promise as an index of psychopathic traits in both nonoffender and offender samples. The present study examined the construct validity and predictive utility of the PPI by examining its association with theoretically relevant scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) among 60 male prison inmates, and its ability to predict institutional misbehavior in an expanded sample (n = 89). As expected, correlations with the PAI scales were highest for the Antisocial Features (ANT) and Aggression (AGG) scales (rs = .68 and .57, respectively). The PPI also predicted various forms of nonviolent and physically aggressive disciplinary infractions significantly better than chance (point biserial correlations ranging from .26 to .37).

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Development of the Personality Inventory for Youth: a self-report companion to the Personality Inventory for Children.

This research explored the ability of parent-informant Personality Inventory for Children (PIC; Lachar, 1982) questionnaire items to form the foundation for self-report scales. An iterative rational and internal consistency approach using 585 clinical protocols constructed nine nonoverlapping clinical scales. Twenty-four complementary subscales were also constructed through scale item analysis. Acceptable estimates of scale reliability and internal consistency were established in substantial, diverse normal and clinical samples. Personality Inventory for Youth scales effectively separated normal and clinical protocols. Age and sex effects were investigated as were correlations with parent-informant PIC scales. Follow-up research includes the development of validity and adjustment screening scales, as well as the collection of diverse psychometric and clinical rating data to advance scale construct validity.

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PubMed1996

Intercorrelations of scores on the SONSO Personality Inventory and on the Gordon Personal Profile and Inventory.

The SONSO Personality Inventory, an adjective self-rating measure of five factors, was administered with the Gordon Personal Profile to a sample of 200 university students and with the Gordon Personal Inventory to another sample of 200 students. Four of the SONSO factors had at least one correlation above .45 on one of the Gordon scales. The multiple correlations of the SONSO Personality Inventory with each of the Gordon scales were higher for the Gordon Personal Profile than for the Gordon Personal Inventory. Relations of the scales to Eysenck's Extraversion and Neuroticism were also mentioned.

Adult↗
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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PubMed2000

A correction procedure for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 for persons with spinal cord injury.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a procedure that adjusts scoring of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) for the items related to spinal cord injury (SCI) that skew interpretations with this population, and to assess the accuracy of interpretations resulting from this procedure, standard MMPI-2 scoring, and a previously offered procedure. DESIGN: A criterion study with masked comparisons. SETTING: Hospital inpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation unit. PATIENTS: Thirty-four SCI patients between the ages of 18 and 77 years, 19 with complete SCI and 15 with incomplete SCI. OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Twenty-one nurses, 23 physicians, and 17 psychologists. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Masked MMPI-2 profiles, judged by clinicians for accuracy. Paired t tests comparing profile scales. RESULTS: A correction procedure was arrived at for the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A incorporating adjustments for physical complaints frequently arising from SCI. The new procedure was judged superior to both the standard procedure and the previously offered procedure. Paired t tests of MMPI-2 scales showed that differences from scoring procedures were significant with many scales measuring significance at the p < .0001 level. CONCLUSIONS: Statistically significant changes in MMPI-2 profiles occur when somatic complaints related to SCI are corrected for. Preliminary results suggest that the application of the new correction procedure increases clinical accuracy.

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PubMed2002

Adjectives, phrases, and sentences: intracorrelation of three five-factor personality inventories.

The Eysenck Personality Inventory and three short five-factor personality inventories, the NEO Five Factor Inventory, the Berkeley Personality Profile, and the SONSO Personality Inventory, were administered in pairs to six samples of college subjects. The three samples using the Eysenck inventory each contained 300 subjects, whereas the remaining three samples contained 500 subjects each. Each sample was half women and half men. The inventories appear to have corresponding scales, often with correlations of around .70 among them. Also, measures associated with Neuroticism were weakly and negatively correlated with some measures of Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness.

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PubMed2003

Correlates of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) scales in a forensic assessment setting.

Empirical correlates of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) scales in a forensic assessment setting were identified. Archival extratest data, including demographics, psychosocial history, criminal behavior history, and current mental status and psychodiagnosis, were extracted from the case files of 593 men and women referred to a forensic assessment clinic for criminal court-ordered evaluations. Zero-order and multiple correlations were calculated between the MMPI-2 PSY-5 scales and relevant criterion variables. Findings indicated that the PSY-5 scales' empirical correlates in a forensic setting are similar to and consistent with those found in general mental health settings. Linear combinations of MMPI-2 PSY-5 Scale scores accounted for moderate proportions of variance in the collateral indicators.

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PubMed2002

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profile characteristics of schizotypal personality disorder.

The goal of the present study was to determine whether precursors for psychopathology can be found in personality dimensions of the general population. Two hundred and 62 university students were compared with 41 schizophrenic patients and 18 patients with schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Schizotypal personality disorder patients showed significantly elevated Pt and Si scales compared with the schizophrenic patients. Schizophrenia and SPD groups generally produced two-point codetypes of 6-8/8-6, 2-6/6-2, 7-8/8-7, and 7-8/8-7, 2-7/7-2, 6-8/8-6. A total of 77.5% of students had no codetype with a T-value of > or = 70, although the frequency of codetypes of spike 5, spike 0 and 2-7/7-2 was relatively high in the student group compared with the general population. Discriminant function analysis of the MMPI profiles revealed significant variance among the three groups. The overall rate of correct classification of the subjects into schizophrenia, SPD or university students was 90.3%. The first coefficient, mainly defined by a negative weight on the Sc scale, best distinguished the patients with either schizophrenia or SPD from the students. The second coefficient, defined by negative weights on the Sc and Si scales, and positive weights on the F and Ma scales identified patients with schizophrenia and SPD patients. The Harris-Lingoes subscales, which are supposed to provide the profile patterns characteristic of schizotypy, well discriminated the three groups. These results suggest the usefulness of the MMPI subscales for the detection of subjects with the SPD trait.

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