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The relative predictive validity of subtle vs. obvious items on the MMPI depression scale
Author(s) -
Burkhart Barry R.,
Gynther Malcolm D.,
Fromuth Mary Ellen
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(198007)36:3<748::aid-jclp2270360325>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , beck depression inventory , predictive validity , depression (economics) , incremental validity , clinical psychology , mood , scale (ratio) , test validity , concurrent validity , psychometrics , validation test , psychiatry , personality , social psychology , internal consistency , anxiety , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
To assess the relative predictive validity of subtle and obvious items on the MMPI Depression scale, obvious, neutral, and subtle subscales were formed and used to predict several criterion measures of depression; these included the Beck Depression Inventory, the Depression subscale of the Profile of Mood States, and the Pleasant Events Schedule ( N = 209). In general, obvious items were good predictors of all criteria, neutral items overlapped considerably with obvious items, and subtle items generally did not contribute uniquely to the prediction of any of the concurrent measures of depression.