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Validity of five MMPI alcoholism scales
Author(s) -
Holmes Cooper B.,
Dungan David S.,
McLaughlin Timothy P.
Publication year - 1982
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(198207)38:3<661::aid-jclp2270380337>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychometrics , personality test , test validity , personality , social psychology
Assessed five alcoholism scales derived from the MMPI for their ability to classify accurately two groups of alcoholics ( N = 120) and a group of nonalcoholic psychiatric patients ( N = 60) in an inpatient treatment setting. The alcoholic group was divided into those who were self‐committed and those who were court‐committed. Depending on how the data were treated, only one, or none of the scales was accurate.