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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"clinical scales"”.
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The relationship between the MCMI-III and the MMPI-2 in a chronic pain population.
… study was to study the relationship of MCMI-III clinical scales with MMPI-2 clusters in a chronic pain population. Data was obtained through assessment data (N = 242) from the Dallas Spinal Rehabilitation Center (DSRC), that included MMPI-2 and MCMI-III, as well as pre-and post-assessment …
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Unique variability between the Dean-Woodcock Emotional Status Examination and the MMPI
… Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) clinical scales. All patients were administered the Dean-Woodcock Emotional Status Examination (D-WESE) and the MMPI. The purpose of the study was (1) to quantify the amount of shared variance between clinical scales of the MMPI and individual items …
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Development of a K-correction Factor for the MMPI-A
… study also examined the accuracy of the MMPI-A clinical scales in classifying adolescent normals and psychiatric patients. Discriminant analyses were performed to determine the K-weight scale score combination which best predicted normal versus clinical status for each of the eight clinical …
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MMPI-2-RF : clinical utility with a traumatic brain injury population
… factors. Therefore, this study examined the clinical utility of the shortened 338-item MMPI-2-RF inventory with a post-acute TBI population as a practical alternative. The MMPI-2-RF requires a fifth-grade reading level and takes 35-50 minutes to administer. The MMPI-2-RF also includes revised …
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The MMPI-2 restructured clinical (RC) scales and measurement of depression in epilepsy
This study examined the Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) in a sample of 137 patients with epilepsy. The purposes of the current study were (1) to provide information regarding the psychometric performance of the RC Scales in an epilepsy …
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Effect of a 2-minute bout of body weight support treadmill training on the ankle spasticity in persons with advanced multiple sclerosis
… Spasticity of both ankles was measured with two clinical scales; the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) and the Tardieu Scale (TS). The spasticity data were collected a total 3 times: 1) immediately following a 2 minute period of quiet sitting; 2) immediately following a 2 minute period of standing; …
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Comparative Validity of MMPI-A Scales Scores in African American and Caucasian Male Juvenile Delinquents
… found for a subset of criterion variables for Clinical Scales 2, 4, and 9, as well as Content Scales <em>A-dep</em>, <em>A-hea</em>, <em>A-ang</em>, and <em>A-con</em> and Supplementary Scale IMM. Slope bias was found for <em>A-hea</em> with "DSM-Oriented Somatic Problems". Statistically …
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"Faking good" response patterns on the MMPI-2 and the Child Abuse Potential Inventory
… for court ordered status on some of the MMPI-2's clinical scales. Implications for the use of both instruments in forensic evaluations are discussed.</p>
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The Applicability of the Megargee Classification System for the MMPI-A
… 1977). Predictive analyses revealed that neither clinical scales nor Megargee classification successfully predicted to various criminal archival outcome variables. The exception to this was membership in the Jupiter, which was found to be significantly related to number of prior offenses and …
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Eating-Disorder Patterns in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personaity Inventory
… sample, the existence 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 …
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The relationship between MMPI scores and training center achievement of migrant and seasonal farmworker families
… achievement and scores on any of the ten MMPI clinical scales. Therefore, it cannot be said that there is an association between MMPI scores and Training Center achievement. Another finding of this study was that families classified as migrants are significantly less likely to be successful …
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THE UTILITY OF THE PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY
… significance differences using select PAI clinical scales hypothesized to capture AD/HD symptoms. Descriptive and predictive discriminant function analyses (DFA) with a set of PAI subscales hypothesized to most relate to adult symptoms of AD/HD were significant, with modest results. DFA …
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An examination of the psychometrics of the cognitive fusion questionnaire and its relationship to other constructs
… relationship between fusion and other important clinical constructs. Results showed that the CFQ exhibited strong internal consistency reliability; a unidimensional factor structure; and construct, concurrent criterion, and incremental validity in relation to a number of other important clinical …
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Examining Neurological and Psychological Symptoms of Gulf War Illness Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
… diagnostic inventory, including the standard clinical scales, a set of restructured scales which eliminates item overlap, and a set of scales designed to assess neurologic symptoms, across cases, controls, and syndromes. RESULTS: GWI subjects displayed higher scores across all MMPI-2 scores …
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Design and evaluation of a passive hydraulic simulator for biceps spasticity
… the design framework for a passive (unpowered) clinical training simulator using purely mechanical components to help improve the accuracy and reliability of clinical assessment. In the scope of this thesis, a prototype simulator was developed to replicate a common abnormal muscle behavior, …
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Cluster analysis of MMPI-A profiles in court-involved youth
… cluster analysis utilizing the MMPI-A clinical scales to determine cluster membership. Outliers were removed based on Mahalanobis and Cooke’s distances, leaving 113 participants. Two through eight cluster solutions were examined, and a four cluster solution was deemed most appropriate. …
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Establishing a Normative Profile on the MMPI-2 for Missionary Candidates
… candidate sample on the F, L, and K validity scales and the ten Clinical Scales. Analyses were conducted to compare the mean T scores of the missionary candidate sample to the mean T scores of the nonclinical normative population of persons taking the MMPI-2 for employment purposes. For both …
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Cellular and molecular immunotherapeutics derived from the bone marrow stroma
… (MSC). There has been recent interest in the clinical use of MSCs for cell-based therapy because: (1) bone marrow aspiration is a routine method used in medicine thereby allowing for easy accessibility to human MSCs; (2) MSCs are easily isolated and can expand to clinical scales in a …
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Evaluating a Positive Parenting Curriculum Package: An Analysis of the Acquisition of Key Skills
… for future studies to research the individual clinical scales of the Behavior Assessment System for Children, obtain information from multiple informants, study this relationship longitudinally, and research additional factors that may be influencing the relationship between neurocognitive and …
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The psychosocial functioning in pediatric cancer survivors: The role of neurocognitive abilities.
… for future studies to research the individual clinical scales of the Behavior Assessment System for Children, obtain information from multiple informants, study this relationship longitudinally, and research additional factors that may be influencing the relationship between neurocognitive and …
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