Marital Distress in Missionaries as Measured by the MMPI-2-RF Interpersonal Scales

Screening Instrument ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Marital Distress ◽

Family Problems ◽

Rc Scales ◽

The Relationship ◽

Family Distress

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) is a briefer revision of the MMPI-2. The archived MMPI-2 profiles of 214 evangelical missionaries were analyzed to explore the relationship among the MMPI-2-RF newly constructed interpersonal scales, the RC scales, and missionary distress. Missionary husbands and wives were placed into two groups based on marital types (conflicted and non-conflicted) and again into three groups based on presenting issues (marital, family, and non-family distress). The results lend support to the use of the MMPI-2-RF Family Problems ( FML), Interpersonal Passivity ( IPP), and Shyness ( SHY) interpersonal scales along with the RC4 scale as a basic screening instrument for post-selection, pre-deployment missionaries with marital distress. Consequently, the MMPI-2-RF may be able to inform us in new ways. Recommendations for counselors and missionary boards are discussed.

Use of the MMPI—A to Assess Personality of Juvenile Male Delinquents Who are Sex Offenders and Nonsex Offenders

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1998.83.1.115 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 83 (1) ◽

pp. 115-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Gloria Losada-Paisey

Keyword(s):

Sex Offenders ◽

Discriminant Function ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Juvenile Male ◽

Clinical Scales ◽

Psychopathic Deviate ◽

Juvenile Males ◽

The present study investigated the relationship between offender type and personality in 21 juvenile males adjudicated for crimes of a sexual nature and 30 juvenile males adjudicated for nonsexual offenses including Possession of Narcotics, Burglary, Criminal Mischief, Assault, and other crimes involving property. Subjects who were aged 13 to 17 years (mean age 15) and committed to the State of Connecticut, Long Lane School, were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI–A). Scores on Psychopathic Deviate and Schizophrenia scales contributed most to the juveniles being classified as sex offenders, whereas scores on Hysteria and Psychasthenia contributed primarily to subjects being classified as nonsex offenders. A single discriminant function attained statistical significance, thereby correctly classifying 77% of the nonsex offenders and 71% of the sex offenders. Results indicate that sex offenders may be distinguished from nonsex offenders according to clinical scales of the MMPI–A.

High Prevalence of Personality Abnormalities in Patients Seeking Rhinoplasty

Otolaryngology ◽

10.1016/j.otohns.2007.02.027 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 137 (1) ◽

pp. 83-87 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Ramin Zojaji ◽

Maryam Javanbakht ◽

Alireza Ghanadan ◽

Hosien Hosien ◽

Hasan Sadeghi

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Study Design ◽

Personality Trait ◽

Personality Type ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Satisfaction Rate ◽

Level Of Satisfaction ◽

High Prevalence ◽

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the patient's personality on his/her satisfaction with rhinoplasty. STUDY DESIGN: Personalities of 66 rhinoplasty candidates and 50 persons who served as control were evaluated using questionnaires. The results were validated using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test. Six months after the surgery, the rate of satisfaction was evaluated using another questionnaire based on a visual scale. The results were statistically analyzed to assess the relationship between personality traits and rate of satisfaction. RESULTS: The average age of participants was 25.3 ± 5.12 years; 79% were females. Obsessiveness was the most frequently noted personality trait; being antisocial was the least mentioned. Personality type and level of satisfaction were statistically related ( P < 0.001). The satisfaction rate of rhinoplasty was 55.1%. Candidates with “good faking” trait followed by those who were-“depressed” had the highest satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Identification of patient's personality can be a major factor influencing satisfaction results after rhinoplasty.

The relationship between the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule variables and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales.

Journal of Applied Psychology ◽

10.1037/h0046458 ◽

1957 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. 307-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Robert M. Allen

Keyword(s):

Personality Inventory ◽

Personal Preference ◽

Edwards Personal Preference Schedule ◽

THE CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF INDONESIAN VERSION OF PID-5

Jurnal Psikologi ◽

10.14710/jp.17.2.97-106 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 97

Author(s):

Widhi Adhiatma ◽

Josephine Hendrianti

Keyword(s):

Convergent Validity ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Negative Emotionality ◽

Slight Variation ◽

Correlation Pattern ◽

Dsm 5 ◽

Personality Psychopathology ◽

Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) is the latest personality inventory that measures pathological personality based on DSM-5 model. As a clinical instrument, validity testing is an essential procedure to be achieved, so the clinicians could ascertain the accuracy of the test results. This study aims to measure the convergent validity of Indonesian Version of PID-5. The relationship between PID-5 domains and Personality Psychopathology Five-revised (PSY-5-r) subscales from Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) was being measured in this study. All participants were university students (n = 72, M = 22.24 years old, SD = 6.00, males 45.8% and females 54.2%). The PID-5 and MMPI-2-RF which have been adapted into Bahasa Indonesia was administered to all participants. Pearson correlation was used to measure the relationship between each domain from PID-5 (i.e. Negative Affectivity, Antagonism, Detachment, Disinhibition, and Psychoticism) with PSY-5-r subscales (i.e. Negative Emotionality, Aggressiveness, Introversion, Disconstraint, and Psychoticism). Most of the PID-5 domain showed the highest correlation with its conceptually expected PSY-5-r counterpart (r = .31 - .75; Mdnr = .54; p < .01, two tails), except for Disinhibition domain, which showed higher correlation with Negative Emotionality (r = .59) than Disconstraint (r = .31). This slight variation of correlation pattern notwithstanding, the overall result still suffices to confirm a pattern of convergence between PID-5 domains and PSY-5-r subscales.

Adolescent Personality and Two Measures of Response Inconsistency

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.100.1.113-114 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 100 (1) ◽

pp. 113-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

K. A. Dawson ◽

J. M. Schuerger

Keyword(s):

Personality Inventory ◽

Self Control ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Variable Response ◽

Two Measures ◽

The Relationship ◽

Adolescent Personality

This study examined the relationship between the Response Inconsistency Scale (RINC) of the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire and the Variable Response Inconsistency Scale (VRIN) of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI-A) in a group of 62 participants. RINC and VRIN were positively correlated .30 ( p<.01). Additionally, both scales were correlated with five broad personality scales available from the Adolescent Personality Questionnaire. Scores on both inconsistency scales correlated negatively with those on Extraversion, Independence, and Self-control (but the latter two not significantly).