Comparison of MMPI profile differences among negro-white adolescents

An attempt was made to identify the empirical correlates of an MMPI configuration involving Scales 4 (Pd), 5 (Mf), and 6 (Pa) in a sample of 21 female psychiatric outpatients. Two sets of comparisons were derived. In the first comparison, 21 4-5-6 and control patients were matched on age and contrasted on selected behavioral and self-report measures. Results suggested that 4-5-6 patients displayed greater ambivalence, depression, and lack of social skills than control patients. In the second comparison, 18 4-5-6 and control females were matched on profile similarity (excluding Scales 4, 5, and 6) using the D2 procedure and then compared on various behavioral and self-report measures. This comparison showed fewer and somewhat different (indecision, need for affection) correlates relative to the age-matched group. These findings are discussed in terms of implementing appropriate procedures when defining control groups for the study of MMPI profile patterns.

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DISCRIMINANT MMPI PROFILE VERSUS DISCRIMINANT MMPI ITEM ANALYSIS

Applied Psychology ◽

10.1111/j.1464-0597.1972.tb00261.x ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 33-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ALCON G. DEVRIES ◽

KIM BLAU

Keyword(s):

Item Analysis ◽

Mmpi Profile

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Comparing relations of ethnic-racial public regard, centrality, and intergroup contact attitudes among ethno-racially diverse adolescents

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ◽

10.1177/1368430220987599 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136843022098759

Author(s):

Kristia A. Wantchekon ◽

Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor ◽

Elana R. McDermott ◽

Michael R. Sladek ◽

Deborah Rivas-Drake ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School Students ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Intergroup Contact ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

White Adolescents ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Racial Background ◽

Latinx Adolescents ◽

Public Regard

The current cross-sectional study examined how adolescents’ appraisal of how positively others viewed their ethnic-racial group (i.e., public regard) and how integral their ethnic-racial background was to their self-concept (i.e., centrality) related to their intergroup contact approach and avoidance attitudes. Participants were Black, Latinx, and White high school students ( N = 2,609; Mage = 16.39, SD = 1.16; 52% female) from the U.S. Southwest and Midwest. Utilizing multigroup structural equation modeling, results indicated that across all ethnic-racial backgrounds, and regardless of geographical context, public regard was positively associated with approach attitudes. Conversely, findings for avoidance attitudes varied by ethnic-racial background. Specifically, public regard was negatively associated with avoidance attitudes for White adolescents, whereas this relation was null for Black and Latinx adolescents. Additionally, although centrality was positively associated with avoidance attitudes among all adolescents, the relation was stronger among White adolescents than among Black and Latinx adolescents.

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What time do you plan to sleep tonight? An intense longitudinal study of adolescent daily sleep self-regulation via planning and its associations with sleep opportunity

10.31234/osf.io/snx2b ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Svetlana Maskevich ◽

Lin Shen ◽

Sean Drummond ◽

Bei Bei

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Mixed Effects ◽

Mixed Effects Models ◽

White Adolescents ◽

P Values ◽

Time In Bed ◽

Daily Data ◽

Ecological Momentary ◽

Momentary Assessment

Background: Most adolescents are sleep deprived on school days, yet how they self-regulate their sleep-wake behaviours is poorly understood. Using ecological momentary assessment, this intense longitudinal study explored patterns of adolescents’ daily bedtime and risetime planning and execution, and whether these behaviours predicted sleep opportunity.Methods: Every afternoon, for 2 school weeks and the subsequent 2 vacation weeks, 205 (54.1% female, 64.4% non-White) adolescents from Year 10-12 (M±SDage = 16.9±0.9) reported their plans for bedtime (BT) that evening, and for risetimes (RT) the following day. Actual daily sleep was measured via actigraphy and sleep diary.Results: Some adolescents never planned bedtime (school 19.5%, non-school 53.2%) or risetime (school 1.5%, non-school 24.4%). More adolescents planned consistently (≥75% of days) on schooldays (BT=29.9%, RT=61.3%) compared on non-schooldays (BT=3.5%, RT=2.5%). On average adolescents went to bed later than planned, delaying their bedtime longer on non-schooldays (71min) compared to schooldays (46min). Of those who executed their plans within ≤15 minutes, more did it consistently (≥75% of days) on schooldays (BT=40.9%, RT=67.7%) than on non-schooldays (BT=29.7%, RT=58.6%). Mixed effects models utilizing daily data, controlling for sex, race, and study day, showed that bedtime planning predicted longer time in bed (TIB; p < .01) on schooldays and shorter TIB on non-schooldays (p < .01); greater delay in actual (compared to planned) bedtime predicted shorter TIB (p-values < .001).Conclusions: Adolescents may require support during the transition from parent-controlled to autonomous sleep self-regulation. Bedtime planning on school nights and going to bed as planned are two modifiable sleep regulatory behaviours that are protective and may serve as therapeutic targets for increasing sleep opportunity in adolescents.

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Measurement equivalence testing of the American Identity Questionnaire across Black, Latino, and White adolescents.

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology ◽

10.1037/cdp0000439 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Stefanie Martinez-Fuentes ◽

Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor ◽

Justin Jager ◽

Elana R. McDermott ◽

Michael R. Sladek

Keyword(s):

Measurement Equivalence ◽

American Identity ◽

White Adolescents ◽

Equivalence Testing

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The MMPI profile of prisoners of war

Journal of Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1002/1097-4679(197607)32:3<623::aid-jclp2270320330>3.0.co;2-m ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 623-627 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Harry Klonoff ◽

Campbell Clark ◽

Jim Horgan ◽

Pat Kramer ◽

Gerry McDougall

Keyword(s):

Prisoners Of War ◽

Mmpi Profile

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Parent-Child Profile Similarity and Aggression: A Preliminary Study

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1966.18.2.440 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 440-442 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

James Neal Butcher ◽

David M. Messick

Keyword(s):

Teacher Ratings ◽

Adolescent Aggression ◽

Profile Similarity ◽

Child Personality ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

Personality Similarity ◽

The Relationship ◽

Mmpi Profile ◽

General Method ◽

Parent Child

This investigation was directed toward studying the relationship between parent-child personality similarity and adolescent aggression and to illustrate the utility of a general method of assessing profile similarity suggested by Overall (1964). Peer and teacher ratings of aggression were used to group eighth-grade boys on manifest aggression. Ss and their parents (volunteers) were administered the MMPI. The d∗ measure of dissimilarity was used to compare parent-child profile configurations in the three aggression groups. Although the small and biased sample preclude major conclusions, the results support the use of the d∗ statistic for assessing MMPI profile similarity and suggest that further work in the area of parent-child personality similarity might be fruitful.

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