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Comparison of the utility of two abbreviated forms of the MMPI for psychiatric screening of the elderly
Author(s) -
Rusk Ronald,
Hyerstay Bobbie J.,
Calsyn Donald A.,
Freeman Charles W.
Publication year - 1979
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(197901)35:1<104::aid-jclp2270350114>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , psychiatry , short forms , clinical psychology , psychometrics , personality , psychoanalysis
Assessed the utility of the Faschingbauer Abbreviated MMPI (FAM) and MMPI‐168 for use with the elderly. FAM and MMPI‐168 items were extracted from the MMPIs of 24 older male veteran medical or alcoholic patients. The results indicate that both abbreviated forms are highly correlated with and yield similar diagnostic inferences to the standard MMPI. For this sample population, the FAM was significantly ( p < .001) more in accordance with the standard MMPI than the MMPI‐168.