MMPI scale clinical correlates for adolescent inpatients

This study examined descriptive correlates of single-scale, high-point elevations for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales D, Hy, Pd, Sc, and Ma in a sample of 112 adolescent inpatients undergoing psychiatric treatment. Clinical descriptors were collected for subjects based on t...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 1988, Vol.52 (4), p.707-721
Main Authors: ARCHER, R. P, GORDON, R. A, GIANNETTI, R. A, SINGLES, J. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
MMPI
Personality Development
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - psychology
Psychiatric Department, Hospital
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
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Summary:This study examined descriptive correlates of single-scale, high-point elevations for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales D, Hy, Pd, Sc, and Ma in a sample of 112 adolescent inpatients undergoing psychiatric treatment. Clinical descriptors were collected for subjects based on their psychometric self-reports and on ratings and evaluations of these patients by parents, nursing staff, and individual psychotherapists. Subjects were assigned to a high-point category based on their highest, single clinical scale elevation, with the restrictions that such elevations be greater than or equal to T-score values of 65 and that high-point groups contain a minimum of 10 subjects. Clinical descriptors for subjects in each high-point group were compared to descriptors for all remaining subjects by means of chi-square, Fisher's Exact Test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) techniques. Findings were interpreted in terms of their general consistency with descriptors derived for these MMPI scales in the adult literature.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752