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Marital MMPI characteristics: A test of Arnold's Signs
Author(s) -
Ollendick Duane G.,
Otto Brenda J.,
Heider Sylvia M.
Publication year - 1983
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(198303)39:2<240::aid-jclp2270390216>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , test (biology) , mental health , personality test , psychiatry , social psychology , psychometrics , test validity , paleontology , biology
Investigated the usefulness of Arnold's Signs (certain MMPI personality characteristics) in examining marital discord among three clinical groups of married couples ( N = 72). Couples who were parents of children brought to a mental health facility, couples who were seeking marital counseling, and couples in the process of divorce. While it was predicted that the divorcing group would reveal the most amount of discord, results revealed that the counseling group was consistently higher on all of the signs that reached significance. Possible explanations and recommendations for the use of Arnold's Signs are made.