Influence of Dissimulation on Indexes of Response Consistency for the MMPI

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 1013-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas T. Gallucci
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Administration Medical ◽  
Random Responding ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Response Consistency

Whether indexes of consistent responding on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) measured dissimulation versus random responding was evaluated with Veterans Administration Medical Center psychiatric patients who were applying for disability benefits. Elevations on the Test-Retest index and Carelessness scale did not correspond with motivation to dissimulate. Comparing profiles without elevated validity indexes and with Carelessness scales that were either elevated or not elevated, the clinical scales were uniformly higher for profiles with heightened Carelessness scales.

scholarly journals Transitioning psychiatric patients for positive outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Janice Dennis ◽  
Delois Long
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Capital Asset ◽  
Administration Medical ◽  
Psychiatric Beds ◽  
Question Survey

A study was conducted at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center (LSCVAMC) to examine if moving 20 psychiatric patients from one location to another affected their anxiety level. The LSCVAMC closed their Brecksville facility to consolidate the two Branches (Wade Park and Brecksville), and build a new Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Tower. These changes were implemented to reduce operating costs for LSCVAMC and reduce the number of inpatient psychiatric beds. A five-question survey was given to each patient one week prior to the move, and immediately following the move to assess their thoughts related to the move. The results showed that despite 45% expressing thoughts that the move to Wade Park made them nervous/anxious prior to the move, no patients expressed that they were anxious post move when asked. Eighty percent of the patients expressed that they would enjoy being in a newly renovated facility. The post report of the patients was no nervousness/anxiety related to the move.

MMPI-2 in Child Custody Litigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Roma ◽  
Federica Ricci ◽  
Georgios D. Kotzalidis ◽  
Luigi Abbate ◽  
Anna Lubrano Lavadera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Custody ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Custody Evaluations ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Forensic Assessments ◽  
Child Custody Evaluations ◽  
Italian Women

In recent years, several studies have addressed the issue of positive self-presentation bias in assessing parents involved in postdivorce child custody litigations. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is widely used in forensic assessments and is able to evaluate positive self-presentation through its Superlative Self-Presentation S scale. We investigated the existence of a gender effect on positive self-presentation bias in an Italian sample of parents involved in court evaluation. Participants were 391 divorced parents who completed the full 567-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 during child custody evaluations ordered by several Italian courts between 2006 and 2010. Our analysis considered the S scale along with the basic clinical scales. North-American studies had shown no gender differences in child custody litigations. Differently, our results showed a significantly higher tendency toward “faking-good” profiles on the MMPI-2 among Italian women as compared to men and as compared to the normative Italian female population. Cultural and social factors could account for these differences.

The Polytrauma Rehabilitation System of Care Programs at the Richmond Veterans Administration Medical Center

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 197-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
David X. Cifu ◽  
Shane McNamee ◽  
David Gater ◽  
William C. Walker ◽  
Jeffery Ericksen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
System Of Care ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Administration Medical ◽  
Rehabilitation System

Readmissions to a Veterans Administration Medical Center

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Martin N. MacDowell ◽  
Ann S. Hunter ◽  
Robert L. Ludke
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Veterans Administration ◽  
Administration Medical

MMPI-2 L + K and L + K — F Indexes of Underreporting: Normative and Desirable Responding

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred L. Brophy
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Normative Sample ◽  
Random Responding ◽  
Different Types

Norms based on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) normative sample are provided for the L + K and L + K – F indexes of underreporting and defensiveness. Index scores produced by consistently desirable responding, which was guided by desirability eatings of the MMPI-2 items, also are provided and compared with scores produced by underreporting in other studies. The indexes correlate highly with other measures of underreporting in both normative and clinical samples. The L and K scales assess different types of underreporting and should be interpreted separately as well as in combination. The L scale can be elevated by undesirable responding or random responding in addition to desirable responding.

Use of the MMPI–2's VRIN Scale with Severely Disturbed Populations: Consistent Responding May Be More Problematic than Inconsistent Responding

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Stukenberg ◽  
Charles Brady ◽  
Nadya Klinetob
Keyword(s):  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Random Responding ◽  
Validity Scale ◽  
Acute Distress ◽  
Psychiatric Population ◽  
Inconsistent Responding ◽  
Report Measure

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Second Edition includes a new validity scale, the VRIN scale, intended to detect random responding. High scores are viewed as casting suspicion on the validity of the profile. For the present study, the authors evaluated some of the complexities of the VRIN scale including its interaction with the F scale. In particular, we tested two hypotheses. First is that among psychotically disturbed test takers, some inconsistent responding is an integral and expected mode of responding to a self-report measure. That is, in an inpatient psychiatric population increased confused responding (high VRIN score) is related in predictable ways to increased endorsement of pychotic scales and two-point codes and to increased psychotic diagnoses. The second hypothesis is a corollary—that the absence of inconsistency (low VRIN) in a protocol indicating acute distress (high F) may indicate that a respondent is being too consistent in presenting self as having severe difficulties. In this case, the rest of the protocol may be an exaggerated description of the clinical presentation. A sample of 521 psychiatric inpatients was used to evaluate these hypotheses. Some support for both hypotheses is reported. Further studies are recommended to evaluate the hypotheses.

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