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Discriminative dimensions of the MMPI as a function of age and psychopathology
Author(s) -
Miller Thomas W.,
Paciello Rosemary 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(198007)36:3<758::aid-jclp2270360327>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , psychopathology , discriminative model , clinical psychology , affect (linguistics) , personality test , psychiatry , psychometrics , personality , developmental psychology , test validity , social psychology , communication , artificial intelligence , computer science
Investigated the discriminative ability of the MMPI validity and clinical scales with schizophrenic and nonschizophrenic patients across various age levels. Two hundred psychiatric inpatients comparised the sample. Results suggest that age does affect MMPI scale scores of psychiatric inpatients and that schizophrenic and nonschizophrenic patients present divergent MMPI profiles for the two groups studied. Comparability with earlier findings and interpretive trends are offered.