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An external validity study of the MMPI personality disorder scales
Author(s) -
Dubro Alan F.,
Wetzler Scott
Publication year - 1989
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(198907)45:4<570::aid-jclp2270450411>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , personality , millon clinical multiaxial inventory , personality disorders , clinical psychology , convergent validity , personality assessment inventory , personality test , sadistic personality disorder , psychometrics , test validity , psychiatry , social psychology , internal consistency
This study examined the external validity of the MMPI Personality Disorder (P D ) scales. Patients diagnosed with personality disorders ( n = 23), according to a structured interview, were contrasted with medical control subjects and psychiatric patients with no personality disorder ( n = 33). The MMPI P D scales could discriminate patients with any personality disorder and patients with specific clusters of personality disorders. Convergent validity was demonstrated by high correlations between the MMPI P D scales and the comparable Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory scales, as well as the number of DSM‐III personality disorder symptoms. This study represents a preliminary step in the external validation of the MMPI P D scales.