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A comparative evaluation of Korean MMPI‐A and MMPI‐A‐RF Substance Abuse Scales
Author(s) -
White Jacob V.,
Han Kyunghee,
Weed Nathan C.,
Lim Jeeyoung,
Moon Kyungjoo,
Yook Keunyoung,
Kim JiHae
Publication year - 2019
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/jclp.22843
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , substance abuse , psychology , clinical psychology , internal consistency , scale (ratio) , personality , alcohol abuse , psychiatry , consistency (knowledge bases) , psychometrics , social psychology , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Abstract Objective The purpose of the present study was to compare psychometric properties of the Substance Abuse (SUB) Scale on the Korean Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent‐Restructured Form (MMPI‐A‐RF) with those on the Korean MMPI‐A (the Alcohol/Drug Problem Acknowledgment Scale [ACK]), the Alcohol/Drug Problem Proneness Scale [PRO], and the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale‐Revised Scale [MAC‐R]). Method Participants consisted of 237 Korean adolescent psychiatric patients whose scores on these measures were compared in terms of internal consistency and predictive validity. Results Scores on SUB exhibited superior internal consistency to that of the MMPI‐A substance abuse scales. Further, scores on SUB predicted substance abuse more accurately than did the optimal combination of scores on the MMPI‐A substance abuse scales. Conclusion Results provide strong support for the use of the Korean MMPI‐A‐RF SUB scale when assessing substance abuse in Korean youth.