Comparison of MMPI-2 Validity Scales Among Compensation-Seeking Caucasian and Asian American Medical Patients
| Autor: | William T. Tsushima, Vincent G. Tsushima |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Poison control Suicide prevention White People Occupational safety and health Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI Injury prevention medicine Humans Personality Psychiatry Applied Psychology media_common Asian Reproducibility of Results Human factors and ergonomics United States Clinical Psychology Compensation and Redress Female Psychology Psychopathology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Assessment. 16:159-164 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3489 1073-1911 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1073191108327695 |
| Popis: | Validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—2 (MMPI-2) are widely used for the detection of exaggerated psychological complaints, although little is known about the results of these scales with racial or ethnic minority individuals. Five validity scales derived from the MMPI-2, including the F Scale, the Back Infrequency Scale, the Symptom Validity Scale, the Infrequency-Psychopathology Scale, and the Dissimulation Scale-MMPI-2, were evaluated in 157 medical patients—109 Caucasian Americans and 48 Asian Americans. All patients were involved in personal injury litigation or seeking compensation for alleged psychological conditions. Analyses of variance (ANOVAs) conducted on the five validity scales revealed no significant group effects for race. The results were consistent with the limited available data on the MMPI-2 validity scales with minority group samples. Further research with other racial minorities, including relevant extra-test criteria for malingering, is encouraged. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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