Reliability and Validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) in Evaluations of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the reliability and concurrent validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)-2-Restructured Form (2-RF) (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) scores in a sample of 811 chronic low back pain patients (346 males, 529 females) beginn...

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Published in:Psychological assessment 2015-06, Vol.27 (2), p.433-446
Main Authors: Tarescavage, Anthony M., Scheman, Judith, Ben-Porath, Yossef S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Back Pain
Biopsychosocial Approach
Chronic Pain
Construct Validity
Correlation analysis
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Disability Evaluation
Female
Human
Humans
Low Back Pain - psychology
Low Back Pain - rehabilitation
Male
Middle Aged
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
MMPI - statistics & numerical data
Pain Clinics
Psychological tests
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Psychopathology
Psychosocial Factors
Quantitative psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Statistics as Topic
Test Reliability
Test Validity
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Summary:The purpose of the current study was to investigate the reliability and concurrent validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)-2-Restructured Form (2-RF) (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) scores in a sample of 811 chronic low back pain patients (346 males, 529 females) beginning treatment in a short-term interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program. We calculated internal consistency coefficients, mean-item correlations, and SEM for all substantive scales, as well as zero-order correlations with collateral medical record information and self-report testing. Results indicated reliability and validity for most of the MMPI-2-RF substantive scales. Implications of these findings and limitations of this study are discussed.
ISSN:1040-3590
1939-134X
DOI:10.1037/pas0000056