Predictive Validity of the MMPI-2 Among Female Offenders in a Residential Treatment Program

This study investigated the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) validity, clinical, restructured clinical, supplementary, and content scales in a female correctional population. The study used archival data for a final sample of 116 women who had been evaluated for acceptance into...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2014-11, Vol.96 (6), p.604-609
Main Authors: McAnulty, Richard D., McAnulty, David P., Sipp, Jennifer E., Demakis, George J., Heggestad, Eric D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Criminals
Criminals - psychology
Female
Females
Humans
MMPI
Personality traits
Prisoners - psychology
Regression analysis
Rehabilitation of criminals
Reproducibility of Results
Residential Treatment
Treatment Outcome
Validity
Young Adult
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study investigated the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) validity, clinical, restructured clinical, supplementary, and content scales in a female correctional population. The study used archival data for a final sample of 116 women who had been evaluated for acceptance into a residential rehabilitative treatment program for nonviolent female offenders in North Carolina. MMPI-2 scale elevations are reported and assessed for predictive validity in relation to treatment success, as measured by treatment attendance and graduation status. In relation to predictive validity, logistic regression analyses revealed that elevations on Scales FRS (Fears) and R (Repression) differentiated women who attended the program from women who did not. Elevations on Scales 4, DEP (Depression), Re (Responsibility), and AAS (Addiction Admission Scale) differentiated women who graduated the program from women who did not. Implications for the rehabilitation of female offenders, as well as limitations of this exploratory study, are discussed.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223891.2014.880061