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Validation of a brain‐damage vs . schizophrenia MMPI key
Author(s) -
Russell Elbert W.
Publication year - 1975
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 - 10.1002/1097-4679(197510)31:4<659::aid-jclp2270310417>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , key (lock) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , personality , social psychology , ecology , biology
Since neuropsychologic tests largely have failed to separate schizophrenic from brain-damaged patients, an MMPI key was constructed to make such a separation. When cross-validated, this key provided a 76% correct separation and achi2 significant beyond the .001 level for 50 schizophrenic and 50 brain-damaged profiles. Neuropsychologic tests should be used to separate normals from brain-damaged patients and the MMPI to separate schizophrenic from brain-damaged patients.