Comparative validity of MMP-2 scores of African American and Caucasian mental health center clients
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The appropriateness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) for use with minority ethnic groups has been widely examined. Timbrook and Graham's 1994 research was extended through an analysis of the comparative validity of MMPI-2 scale scores with African American and Caucasian clients of a mental health center. African American men scored higher on the Lie scale and the Fears content scale than Caucasian women on Hypomania. The differences in the MMPI-2 scale scores reflect actual client psychopathology differences.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 1997
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Incremental validity of the MMPI-2 content scales in an outpatient mental health setting
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Research was carried out to assess the extent to which the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Content Scales have incremental validity. The studiy used a sample of 425 female and 274 male outpatients of health centers. The incremental validity of content scales was tested using hierarchical regression analyses calculated separately by gender. Incremental validity was demonstrated by many MMPI-2 content scales in predicting how therapists rate the personality characteristics and behavior of clients.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 1999
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Using the MMPI-2 to detect substance abuse in an outpatient mental health setting
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Three scales of the MMPI-2 were assessed for their utility in detecting problems of substance abuse among 333 male and 500 female outpatients at a health center in the north east of Ohio. The scales were the MacAndrew Alocholism Scale (MAC-R), the Addiction Potential Scale (APS) and the Addiction Acknowledgement Scale (AAS). The AAS was seen to be superior to the APS in identifying substance abuse. The APS and AAS scales were developed to be used with inpatients, but they are also useful with outpatients.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 1999
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