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Criterion‐related validity and stability: Equivalence of the MMPI and the MMPI‐2
Author(s) -
Rojdev Roza,
Nelson W. M.,
Hart Kathleen J.,
Fercho Michele C.
Publication year - 1994
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(199405)50:3<361::aid-jclp2270500307>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , equivalence (formal languages) , population , clinical psychology , statistics , personality , social psychology , mathematics , medicine , pure mathematics , environmental health
The differential criterion‐related validity of the MMPI and MMPI‐2 and their stability over a 4‐month period of time were examined in a university population by correlating the clinical scales with their counterpart SCL‐90‐R factors. Fair to moderate correlations were found on all eight paired MMPI scales and SCL‐90‐R factors, while only two of eight MMPI‐2/SCL‐90‐R pairings were found to be correlated significantly. Further analyses, however, found no significant differences between these MMPI/SCL‐90‐R and MMPI‐2/SCL‐90/R correlations. Adequate stability was found between MMPI‐2 and SCL‐90‐R pairs over 4 months, except for the MMPI‐2 D scale with SCL‐90‐R Depression factor. Several issues related to the equivalency between the MMPI and the MMPI‐2 were discussed.