Comment on Merydith and Phelps (2009): “Convergent Validity of the MMPI–A and MACI Scales of Depression”

2010 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 766-768
Author(s):  
Alfred L. Brophy
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory

In 2009, Merydith and Phelps reported convergent validity of scales in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI–A) and the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) that assess depression with a sample of adolescent psychiatric inpatients. This comment addresses analysis of these data, cites selected research on sex and the two inventories, and restates the recommendation that researchers routinely examine such data separately by sex before proceeding with combined-sex analyses.

scholarly journals THE CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF INDONESIAN VERSION OF PID-5

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Widhi Adhiatma ◽  
Josephine Hendrianti
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Negative Emotionality ◽  
Slight Variation ◽  
Correlation Pattern ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Personality Psychopathology ◽  
The Relationship

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.

The Validity of the Rorschach and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: Results From Meta-Analyses

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 402-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard N. Garb ◽  
Colleen M. Florio ◽  
William M. Grove
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Validity Studies ◽  
Meta Analyses

Results from meta-analyses have been widely cited to defend the validity of the Rorschach. However, the meta-analyses have been flawed. For example, one meta-analysis included results that were obtained by calculating correlations but not results that were obtained by conducting t tests or analyses of variance. When we reanalyzed the data from the most widely cited meta-analysis (Parker, Hanson, & Hunsley, 1988), we found that for confirmatory studies (also called convergent-validity studies), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) explained 23% to 30% of the variance, whereas the Rorschach explained only 8% to 13% of the variance. These results indicate that the Rorschach is not as valid as the MMPI.

Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders with Invalid and Valid MMPI-A Profiles

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 908-918
Author(s):  
Julian J. Fabry ◽  
Joseph F. Bertinetti ◽  
Laura Guzman-Cavazos
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Juvenile Offender ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory ◽  
Technical Manual ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The issue of what type of juvenile offender produces an invalid versus a valid Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Adolescent Form (MMPI–A) profile requires study. Using technical manual profile invalidation requirements from a cohort sample of 1,054 juvenile offenders, 387 produced invalid profiles, whereas 667 yielded valid profiles. Utilizing scale scores from the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI), univariate and multivariate analyses for girls, boys, and combined samples of invalid and valid MMPI-A profiles suggested similarities and differences which influenced the results for the combined samples. The groups were separated on the following MACI scales: Disclosure, Impulsivity Substance Abuse Propensity, Unruly, and Oppositional by sex and for the combined group. Also noted were other MACI scales which distinguished boys and girls in comparisons made between as well as within the invalid and valid profiles.

Convergent Validity of the MMPI–A and MACI Scales of Depression

2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 605-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin K. Merydith ◽  
Leadelle Phelps
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Facility ◽  
Intake Process ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Depression Scales ◽  
Pearson Correlations ◽  
Inpatient Psychiatric Facility

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which the depression scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI–A) and the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) show convergence with a sample of 252 adolescents from an inpatient psychiatric facility. Both inventories were administered as part of the intake process. Pearson correlations were computed among the (a) MMPI–A Scale 2 (Depression), (b) MMPI–A Depression Content Scale, (c) MACI Doleful Personality Scale, and (d) MACI Depressive Affect Scale. There was no significant difference between the mean scores. Evidence of convergent validity between the two tests was moderate.

Use of the Harris and Lingoes Depression MMPI Subscales in Assessing Later Life

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3_part_2) ◽  
pp. 1291-1297
Author(s):  
Lee Hyer, Blaze Harkey ◽  
William R. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
T Score ◽  
Depressed Group

A profile of later life depression was developed. One hundred later life psychiatric inpatients were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory. These subjects were divided into depressed and nondepressed groups based on two criteria, an MMPI–-D T score ≥ 70 and a Beck score of 17. These two groups were compared on the MMPI Harris and Lingoes and Serkownek subscales and the Wiggins subscales. On 26 subscales depressed group were significantly higher than the nondepressed group. All but three of these 26 subscales were considered conceptually related to one of the five Harris and Lingoes-Depression subscales. This provided a profile of later life depression. There were also six subscales on which the nondepressed group was higher than the depressed group. These were distinctly nondepressive symptoms.

Development of a Short Form for the MMPI-2 Based on Scale Elevation Congruence

Assessment ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. McGrath ◽  
Ray Terranova ◽  
David L. Pogge ◽  
Celina Kravic
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Reasonable Alternative ◽  
Long Form

The length of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is often considered a barrier to its use, leading to the development of short forms. Two methods of abbreviating the revised MMPI have now been developed. One agrees poorly with the long form in terms of which scales are elevated. The second ensures perfect congruence in which scales are elevated but requires computer administration. This article describes the development of a short form representing a compromise approach. The short form was derived using 800 psychiatric inpatients and cross-validated with samples of 658 inpatients and 266 outpatients. It is briefer than the computerized short form but does not achieve perfect congruence with the full inventory. It is longer than earlier noncomputerized short forms but demonstrates greater scale elevation congruence with the full inventory and allows estimates of more scales. The short form offers a reasonable alternative when the full inventory is impractical.

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