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The NCS MMPI‐168: A cautionary note
Author(s) -
Ward L. Charles
Publication year - 1988
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(198811)44:6<846::aid-jclp2270440602>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , short forms , scale (ratio) , psychological testing , clinical psychology , statistics , social psychology , personality , mathematics , cartography , geography
The first 168 items of Form R of the MMPI, when scored by keys from The Psychological Corporation, have been used widely as a short form. Most Form R scoring keys from the National Computer Systems, Inc. increase the number of scored items on scales F, D, PA, and SC of the MMPI‐168. For these scales, estimates of corresponding full‐scale scores should be obtained by applying the conversion equations of Ward (1980) rather than the earlier transformations of Overall and associates.