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Effectiveness of the Mini‐Mult in detecting MMPI pathology in the blind
Author(s) -
Needham Walter E.,
Ehmer Marjy N.,
Marchesseault Linda,
De L'aune William R.
Publication year - 1986
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(198611)42:6<887::aid-jclp2270420610>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , population , clinical psychology , interchangeability , psychiatry , personality , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , computer science , programming language
The Mini‐Mult and MMPI were administered in random order to 60 blind male veterans admitted to a residential rehabilitation program. Mini‐Mult scores predicted the presence or absence of MMPI pathology in 81.7% of the cases. Correlations between the individual Mini‐Mult and MMPI scales were significant at the p < .01 level, but not of sufficient magnitude to permit their interchangeability or to allow for profile diagnosis on the basis of Mini‐Mult scores. Analysis of the false negatives raises questions about the clinical significance of an abnormal MMPI in the population studied. The results support the value of the Mini‐Mult as a screening device, but not as a substitute for a detailed psychological assessment of the blind.