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An evaluation of three short forms extracted from the group form MMPI responses of incarcerated offenders
Author(s) -
Walls Randy,
McGlynn F. Dudley,
Tingstrom Daniel H.
Publication year - 1977
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(197704)33:2<431::aid-jclp2270330220>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , short forms , clinical psychology , juvenile delinquency , group (periodic table) , criminal psychology , personality , psychiatry , social psychology , chemistry , organic chemistry
This study examined whether Faschingbauer's 166‐item MMPI, Hugo's 173‐item MMPI, or the 168‐item MMPI of Overall and Gomez‐Mont can be used to generate accurate MMPI profiles for code‐type interpretation in penal settings. An examination of occasions on which the short form and the full MMPI produced corresponding high clinical scales showed low to modest agreement that ranged from 37% to 82% for the three short forms on three different correspondence rules. These data show that the short forms studied should not be used as a basis for code‐type interpretation within populations of offenders similar to the population studied. When viewed in conjunction with other recent data, the present results also suggest that in general, MMPI short forms may be of questionable utility for some clinical work.