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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory"”.
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Screening for Eating Disorders Utilizing the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
<p>Problem</p> <p>Eating disorders, in the form of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, have been recognized as significant mental-health issues for the last three decades, and the incidence is rising as we approach the new millennium. Currently, many women who come into a mental-health setting …
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The Use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II (MMPI-2) in Pre-employment Evaluations
<p>Psychological testing is an important facet in the selection and hiring processes of law enforcement and public safety personnel. Research in this area suggests that the MMPI-2 scales have been correlated with problematic behavior among police officers, poor job performance, and officer …
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Examining Neurological and Psychological Symptoms of Gulf War Illness Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
… Pain). METHOD: Participants completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI- 2), a common self-report psychological diagnostic inventory, including the standard clinical scales, a set of restructured scales which eliminates item overlap, and a set of scales designed to …
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Examining the Measurement Invariance of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Internalizing Specific Problem Scales in African- American and Caucasian Men
… has long been an area of investigation in the personality assessment literature, including the MMPI-2-RF. Research on previous versions of the MMPI and MMPI-2-RF has pointed to mixed results. The current study aims to examine test bias on the MMPI-2-RF’s nine Internalizing Specific Problem …
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Psychometric Properties of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) FBS-r, Fs, and RBS Scales in a Neuropsychological Setting
<p>The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is the most widely used self-report measure of personality and psychopathology in the United States. The recently released MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form), meanwhile, was designed to be a shorter and more efficient version of the MMPI-2. …
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Personality changes among sex offenders at San Quentin
<p>The problem is, what personality changes occur in sex offenders at San Quentin Correctional Institution between the entrance Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the pre-parole Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.</p>
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A personality study of athletes who participate in competitive intercollegiate personal contact sports
<p>Are there personality traits which are predominantly characteristic of athletes who participate in competitive intercollegiate personal contact sports, and which can be revealed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory</p>
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A Comparison of Certain Creativity and Personality Variables
… of the present study was to make a comparison of personality variables with creativity scores for a group of 60 educators to determine if there are any personality factors significantly different between the high creative or low creative subjects. Two instruments were used: the Minnesota …
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The assessment of depression in chronic back pain patients using the MMPI and the Beck Depression Inventory-Short Form
… up evaluation included demographic information, personality functioning using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Back Depression Inventory-Short Form (BDI-SF) and levels of pain measured by the Sternbach Pain Estimate Score.
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Multivariate clustering of chronic pain patients : a replication using the MMPI-2
… in this study specifically address assessment of personality and its relationship to other biopsychosocial variables.The purpose of the study was to replicate cluster analyses done with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in chronic pain patient populations using the revised and …
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Individual and Objective Influences on Psychological Outcomes of Sexual Harassment: A Preliminary Examination
… well-known standardized measures, including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R). In this study, previous victimization was included as an additional measure of individual vulnerability. Results paralleled the findings from Study 1 …
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Heart rate reactivity, aggression, anger, and antisocial behavior in dating males
… Tactics Scale, Revised. Heart rate reactivity, personality variables (using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Second Edition), and anger (using the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory) were subsequently measured during standardized interpersonal discussion tasks with a female …
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Sexually abusive families: A comparison of father and stepfather incest offenders and their spouses
… treatment for marital difficulties. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Family Environment Scale were used to measure personality and family environment. No interaction was found to exist between abuse versus nonabuse and role in the family on the measures. Significant …
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Evaluation of a multi-modal treatment approach for adjudicated youth
… Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder as well as multiple traumatic incidents in her childhood. For the purpose of this study, she was seen over a nine-month period. Major emphasis was on reducing aggression and depression and on increasing client participation in …
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Examining the Measurement Invariance of the MMPI-A-RF Externalizing Scales Across Korean and American Adolescent Normative Samples
<p>The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality 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 …
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Detecting Intentional, Realistic Response Distortion on the MMPI-2 Using Multiple Validity Scales
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is a 567-item questionnaire used by psychologists to help diagnose mental disorders. The effectiveness of the MMPI-2 validity scales (F, Fp, F-K, and Ds-r2) were evaluated by asking college students to respond honestly or fake bad on the …
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Effects of Varying Degrees of Fixed and Random Responding on the Validity of Score Interpretation for the SP and PSY-5 Scales of the MMPI-2-RF
<p>The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2- RF; Tellegen & Ben-Porath, 2008/2011) is a widely used self-report measure of psychopathology and personality. However, the self-report format of the MMPI-2-RF suggests that interpretation of its scales and the …
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Psychopathology and Sexual Addiction as Correlates of Disordered Attachment
… and symptoms of psychopathology, disordered personality, and problematic sexual behaviors in a clinical sample of 402 men in treatment for sexual addiction. Anxious and avoidant attachment were hypothesized to correlate with certain constructs of psychopathology, disordered personality, and …
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"Faking good" response patterns on the MMPI-2 and the Child Abuse Potential Inventory
… patterns on two self-report measures, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) and the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP). Subjects were child welfare clients undergoing a parental capacity evaluation. It was hypothesized that subjects would be less likely to attempt to …
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