Factor Analysis of the MMPI-A Content Scales: Item-Level and Scale-Level Analyses

<p>This investigation identified and 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 females) were used in the analyses. Scale-level analyses yielded a two factor solution for the normative male and clinical groups and a one factor solution for the normative sample and normative female group. The factors were labeled General Maladjustment and Externalizing Tendencies. Item-level analyses provided one factor solutions for the majority of the MMPI-A content scales. These findings differed from the factor structures obtained in the creation of the MMPI-A Content Component scales recently developed by Sherwood, Ben-Porath, and Williams (1997). Implications of these findings are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

1998

Author dc:creator

• McCarthy, Lisa Kay

Contributors dc:contributor

• Robert P. Archer
• John d. Ball
• Glynn D. Coates
• Robin J. Lewis
• Michael L. Stutts

• MMPI-A content scales
• Scale-level analyses
• Clinical Psychology
• Personality and Social Contexts
• Quantitative Psychology

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9780591815849

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oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:psychology_etds-1208