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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"MMPI-A"”.
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MMPI-A structural summary approach : characteristics of gifted adolecents
… of this approach with a gifted population. The MMPIA structural summary was developed to help simplify interpretation of the 69 scales and subscales that are produced with a full administration of this assessment. A principal component analysis was conducted in an attempt to replicate the …
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Cluster analysis of MMPI-A profiles in court-involved youth
… Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A. This study utilized archival data from an original sample (N = 354) of CIY referred for diagnostic testing in a Midwestern state. After removing participants who did not receive the MMPI-A and who did not produce valid MMPI-A profiles, a …
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Development of a K-correction Factor for the MMPI-A
… Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) was developed to meet the unique experiences and needs of adolescents. Despite evidence that adolescents often demonstrate response biases in taking the MMPI-A, currently there is no method to systematically "correct" for the effect of …
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The Applicability of the Megargee Classification System for the MMPI-A
… originally developed a classification system for MMPI profiles for male offenders, and eventually expanded this system to also accommodate the MMPI profiles of female offenders (Megargee, 1992). Recently Megargee expanded and modified this system for use with the MMPI-2 (Megargee, Carbonell, Bohn, …
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Utility of the MMPI-A in predicting suicidal behavior in adolescent inpatients
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Improving the Sensitivity of the VRIN-r Scale on the MMPI-A-RF
… Inconsistency (VRIN) scale was created for the MMPI-2 and was later revised as the VRIN-r scale for the MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-A-RF in order to detect and invalidate protocols over saturated with random responding. Analyses conducted by Pitta (2016) revealed that the VRIN-r scale for the MMPI-A-RF …
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Correlates of the MMPI-A Immaturity (IMM) Scale in an Adolescent Psychiatric Population
… Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) was designed to fill this void in adolescent assessment. The present study examined the concurrent validity of the IMM Scale based on sixty-six adolescents (13-18 years old) in an inpatient setting using four prominent measures of maturity, …
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Predicting Aggression and Stress in Law Enforcement using the MMPI : a Vulnerability Hypothesis
… the use of scales and subscales from prehire MMPI’s to predict levels of aggression and stress among law enforcement professionals in the field (n=75). Multiple regression analysis revealed promising results in support of the MMPI’s predictive utility.</p> <p>Two scales, Aggression (AGR) and …
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Factor Analysis of the MMPI-A Content Scales: Item-Level and Scale-Level Analyses
… interpreted the overall factor structure of the MMPI-A content scales through the use of scale-level analyses, and examined the factor structure of each individual content scale through item-level analyses. The MMPI-A normative sample (805 males, 815 females) and a clinical sample (266 males, 92 …
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Comparative Validity of MMPI-A Scales Scores in African American and Caucasian Male Juvenile Delinquents
… study examined comparative validity of the MMPI-A scale scores of African American and Caucasian male juvenile delinquents utilizing a step down hierarchical regression procedure proposed by Laughtenschlager & Mendoza (1986). The MMPI-A (Butcher et al., 1992) was administered to 281 African …
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The Relationship of MMPI-A Item Effectiveness to Item Content, Diagnostic Category, and Classification Accuracy
… the item endorsement frequencies for the MMPI-A normative sample against two adolescent clinical samples. Results showed that the MMPI-A contains a substantial number of items that do not show a significant difference in item endorsement frequency between normative and clinical samples. …
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Psychometric Properties of the MMPI-A Harris-Lingoes and Si Subscales in a Forensic Sample
… (470 boys and 290 girls) who completed the MMPI-A at an outpatient adolescent treatment facility as part of a court-ordered psychological evaluation. Overall, a number of subscales demonstrated good internal consistency reliability (e.g., D4 and Hy3) whereas other subscales (e.g., Pd2) …
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Examining the Measurement Invariance of the MMPI-A-RF Externalizing Scales Across Korean and American Adolescent Normative Samples
… Inventory – Adolescents – Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF; Archer, Handel, Ben-Porath, & Tellegen, 2016) is a newly developed instrument in personality and psychopathology and has been translated into many different languages, including the Korean language (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). …
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Use of Selected MMPI-A Factors in the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in a Community-Based Treatment Program for Juvenile Sexual Offenders
<p>This study was designed to evaluate the use of MMPI-A factors to make predictions about clinical outcomes within a community-based treatment program for juvenile sexual offenders. Specifically, selected MMPI-A factors were used to predict client acceptance into the program and client compliance …
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Psychometric Functioning of The MMPI-A Restructured Form VRIN-R, TRIN-R, CRIN, and Cannot Say Scales with Varying Degrees of Randomness, Acquiescence, Counter-Acquiescence, and Omitted Items
<p>The MMPI-A-RF (Archer, Handel, Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2016) is a new measure of adolescent personality and psychopathology derived from the MMPI-A (Butcher, Williams, Graham, Archer, Tellegen, Ben-Porath & Kaemmer, 1992) item pool. Similar to the MMPI-A, the MMPI-A-RF includes indexes designed …
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The Impact of Unresolved Loss on Adolescent Anger and Defiant Behavior
… Personality Assessment - Adolescent version (MMPI-A) is used to identify behaviors and thought patterns associated with anger and defiance.The study was able to conclude that there is a strong potential for unresolved loss to negatively impact an adolescent. The study also discovered that many …
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Eating-Disorder Patterns in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personaity Inventory
… of a v-shaped pattern on scales 4-5-6 of the MMPI, a commonly used general measure of psychopathology.</p> <p>Method. The sample consisted of 356 females who were being treated for eating disorders through the HOPE program between 1989 and 1996. Past research on the MMPI has produced equivocal …