Note on Concurrent Validation of the Personality Assessment Inventory in Law Enforcement

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 244-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ray Hays
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personality Assessment Inventory ◽  
Validity Scales ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Concurrent Validation ◽  
Psychopathic Deviate ◽  
Positive Impression ◽  
Peace Officer ◽  
Mmpi Profile

This study compared the Personality Assessment Inventory and MMPI-168 profiles of 9 law enforcement applicants with published MMPI profiles to provide concurrent validation for the use of the Personality Assessment Inventory to assess personality pathology of peace officer applicants. The sample showed subclinical elevations of the Positive Impression and Treatment Rejection scales on the Personality Assessment Inventory and subclinical elevations on the MMPI validity scales of Lie and Correction and the clinical scales of Psychopathic Deviate and Hypomania. The applicants' mean MMPI profile provided concurrent validation for the use of the Personality Assessment Inventory in this decision on fitness to serve.

scholarly journals Personality Characteristics of Adult Hemophiliacs

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Charney ◽  
A. Caldwell ◽  
L.L. Ackerman ◽  
E. Strickler
Keyword(s):  
Factor Viii ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Factor Viii Level ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Psychopathic Deviate ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Viii Level ◽  
Severe Group ◽  
Psychopathic Deviate Scale ◽  
Mmpi Profile

The psychological characteristics of 36 adult hemophiliacs, mean age 29.1 years, were analyzed by means of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).The MMPI profile patterns were compared between various groups of the hemophiliac sample. By the clinical criterion used in our clinic, the sample was divided into severe and mild-moderate groups. The mild-moderate group appeared to be mildly anxious-hysterical, frightened, and health preoccupied with a profile of '317-2 9 5684 0/. The severe group appeared to be more estranged and alienated than the mild-moderate group, and has a significantly higher psychopathic deviate scale (P<.01). The mean profile of the severe group was '458 23-9167 0/.The most striking differences were found in comparing subgroups of high (N=9) vs low bleeders (N=9) within the group of severe hemophiliacs with factor levels of 3% or less. The high bleeders (>243 units/lb/year, mean Factor VIII level 1.6%) were much more disturbed, had all mean clinical scales above 60 (8'25137496-0/) and significantly higher scores for Depression, Psychasthenia, and Schizophrenia (P <.05). The low bleeders (< 243 units/lb/year, mean Factor VIII level 1.8%) had no mean scale scores above 60 ('34519687 2/0).The results indicated a clear difference in the psychological adjustment of the high and low bleeders to their illness. The high bleeders had a marked increase in self negativity i.e. a sense of being defective, of hopelessness and of pessimism. Surprisingly, the low bleeders has adjusted auite well to their serious vulnerability.

Identifying Criminogenic Needs Using the Personality Assessment Inventory With Males Who Have Sexually Offended

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 992-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandy Jung ◽  
Carissa Toop ◽  
Liam Ennis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Treatment Planning ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Risk Measure ◽  
Personality Assessment Inventory ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Criminogenic Needs ◽  
Sexually Offending ◽  
Sexually Offended ◽  
Domain Scores

The present study investigated the relationships between the scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and variables relevant to recidivism risk and criminogenic need to inform clinicians’ use of the PAI for purposes of treatment planning and risk management. PAI profiles, risk measure and domain scores, and recidivism data were collected for 158 males who have been convicted of sexually offending. Data were analyzed to investigate whether select clinical scales of the PAI correlated with conceptually relevant domains of risk and/or recidivism. Our findings demonstrated that the antisocial scales were consistently associated with risk constructs and recidivism, while very few clinical and personality scales showed relationships with risk constructs. The PAI seems to include select scales that represent risk-related needs, but also, other scales that may be more related to responsivity issues, and therefore may have utility to address two of the risk, need, and responsivity principles.

The Utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory in the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans

Assessment ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1074-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W. Bellet ◽  
Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy ◽  
Danielle H. Thomas ◽  
Matthew T. Luciano
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Personality Assessment Inventory ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Logit Function ◽  
Clinically Significant

We examined the use of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in a small sample of 47 U.S. military veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately half of the sample met criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale. PAI profiles were compared between the PTSD and non-PTSD groups. The PTSD group had clinically significant scores (≥ 70 T) on the PAI for 5 clinical scales (anxiety, anxiety-related disorders, depression, paranoia, and schizophrenia) and 10 clinical subscales consistent with the typical symptom picture for PTSD. Effect size correlations ( r) between scales and diagnosis group membership were large ( r ≥ .5) for several scales that reflect PTSD symptoms and for the PTSD LOGIT function. In a receiver operating characteristics curve analysis, the PTSD LOGIT function and the Traumatic Stress Subscale both demonstrated good diagnostic utility (areas under the curve > .80).

The Generalizability of Overreporting Across Self-Report Measures: An Investigation With the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form and the Personality Assessment Inventory in a Civil Disability Sample

Assessment ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam H. Crighton ◽  
Anthony M. Tarescavage ◽  
Roger O. Gervais ◽  
Yossef S. Ben-Porath
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Assessment Inventory ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Validity Scales ◽  
Cognitive Complaints ◽  
Validity Scale ◽  
Scale Scores

Elevated overreporting Validity Scale scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) are associated with higher scores on collateral measures; however, measures used in prior research lacked validity scales. We sought to extend these findings by examining associations between elevated MMPI-2-RF overreporting scale scores and Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) scale scores among 654 non–head injury civil disability claimants. Individuals were classified as overreporting psychopathology (OR-P), overreporting somatic/cognitive complaints (OR-SC), inconclusive reporting psychopathology (IR-P), inconclusive reporting somatic/cognitive complaints (IR-SC), or valid reporting (VR). Both overreporting groups had significantly and meaningfully higher scores than the VR group on the MMPI-2-RF and PAI scales. Both IR groups had significantly and meaningfully higher scores than the VR group, as well as lower scores than their overreporting counterparts. Our findings demonstrate the utility of inventories with validity scales in assessment batteries that include instruments without measures of protocol validity.

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