The Deconstruction of the Hy Scale of MMPI–2: Failure of RC3 in Measuring Somatic Symptom Expression
| Autor: | James N. Butcher, Edward J. Cumella, Cassia K. Hamilton, Steven V. Rouse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Personality Assessment. 87:186-192 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7752 0022-3891 |
| DOI: | 10.1207/s15327752jpa8702_08 |
| Popis: | The MMPI–2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) Clinical Scales have a long history in psychological assessment. Recently, Tellegen et al. (2003) conducted a series of analyses to restructure the scales to reduce what they considered to be problems that limit scale functioning. In a critique of the Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales published in this issue, Nichols (2006/this issue) questions a number of aspects of the approach Tellegen et al. took including their theoretical assumptions, methods of analysis, and failures to report important information needed for scale evaluation such as relationships with existing scales. We concur with many points raised by Nichols. In our analysis of the performance of the RC3 scale, we found that it has "drifted" so far from the original Hy scale as to be a completely different measure— a scale of cynical attitudes that is already well represented in existing MMPI–2 measures. In this article, we take these concerns a step further and examine the his... |
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