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Comparison of MMPI‐2 scores of foreign Chinese and Caucasian‐American students
Author(s) -
Stevens Michael J.,
Kwan KwongLiem,
Graybill Daniel
Publication year - 1993
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(199301)49:1<23::aid-jclp2270490104>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , psychosocial , normative , ethnic group , clinical psychology , chinese americans , developmental psychology , psychiatry , personality , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , anthropology
MMPI‐2 scores of foreign Chinese students (n = 25) were compared to those of a matched sample of Caucasian students ( n = 21) and to normative data on American college students. Although responses for all groups were within normal limits, Chinese men appeared more socially introverted than Caucasian men. Relative to Caucasian women, Chinese women were more defensive, depressed, unaware of somatic and psychosocial problems, and gender astereotypic in interests. These tentative findings are discussed in terms of ethnicity and adjustment.