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Ethnic comparability of the MMPI in pain patients
Author(s) -
Nelson David V.,
Novy Diane M.,
Averill Patricia M.,
Berry Leigh A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199609)52:5<485::aid-jclp1>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , comparability , ethnic group , psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , personality , social psychology , anthropology , sociology , mathematics , combinatorics
The MMPI basic validity and clinical scales' patterns of 295 White‐, African‐ and Latino‐American pain patients were compared. Mean group differences across ethnic groups on scales L, F, K, Mf, and Si were revealed in multivariate analysis of covariance for females, while differences across ethnic groups on scales F, K, Mf, Sc, Ma, and Si were revealed for males. In the univariate follow‐up analyses of covariance, significant main effects were obtained for ethnicity along with education and (occasionally for males) duration of pain. Various high‐point, two‐point, and other profile patterns were examined and notable gender/ethnic group differences were found. The pattern of intercorrelations of the MMPI scales mean T scores with various demographic and clinical characteristics suggested some notable divergence across subgroups on certain correlates of the pain experience. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.