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The applicability of the beall‐panton MMPI escape index to female felons
Author(s) -
Scott Norman A.
Publication year - 1980
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(198001)36:1<360::aid-jclp2270360153>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , index (typography) , psychology , juvenile , clinical psychology , personality , social psychology , biology , world wide web , computer science , genetics
Tested the discrimination capacity of the MMPI Beall‐Panton escape (Ec) index by applying it to a sample of 168 minimum security incarcerated female felons. The Ec index did not differentiate significantly between escapee ( N = 71) and non‐escapee ( N = 97) female felons. However, significant differentiation between the groups did occur when MMPI clinical and validity scales were considered separately. Escapees scored significantly higher than non‐escapees on scales F, PD, PT, SC, and MA and significantly lower on scale L. In addition, female escapees were significantly younger and more often imprisoned as a juvenile than non‐escapees. There were no significant differences between the two groups with respect to IQ, educational level, sentence length, or numbers of adult incarcerations, psychiatric hospitalizations, or children.