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Utility of the faschingbauer abbreviated MMPI as a function of patient group and sex
Author(s) -
Thompson Robert J.
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(197907)35:3<546::aid-jclp2270350314>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , clinical psychology , referral , psychiatry , discriminant function analysis , personality , medicine , social psychology , family medicine , statistics , mathematics
Abstract Assessed the utility of the 166‐item FAM with medical and psychiatric patients. FAM items were extracted from MMPI data of 60 female and 45 male patients classified into pain and psychiatric patients based on suspected disorder and referral questions. Although all correlations between FAM and MMPI mean T‐scores on all scales were highly significant, 54% of the means were significantly different. The number and the nature of the difference between FAM and MMPI group means and individual profile classifications varied as a function of patient subgroup and sex. Such subgroup delineation of FAM accuracy is discussed as necessary for decisions about appropriate clinical and research utilization.