ERIC Number: EJ823879
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-3590
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Validity of the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) L-r and K-r Scales in Detecting Underreporting in Clinical and Nonclinical Samples
Sellbom, Martin; Bagby, R. Michael
Psychological Assessment, v20 n4 p370-376 Dec 2008
In the current investigation, the authors examined the validity of the L-r and K-r scales on the recently developed Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Y. S. Ben-Porath & A. Tellegen, in press) in measuring underreported response bias. Three archival samples previously collected for examining MMPI-2 validity scales were reanalyzed in 2 studies. In Study 1 L-r and K-r significantly differentiated 2 groups of participants (patients with schizophrenia and university students) who had been instructed to underreport on the MMPI-2 from participants who took the test under standard instructions. L-r and K-r also added incremental predictive variance to one another in differentiating these groups. In Study 2 a similar set of outcomes emerged through the use of a differential prevalence design in which L-r and K-r significantly differentiated a group of child custody litigants who were administered the MMPI-2 from university students taking the test under standard instructions. (Contains 4 tables and 3 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Response Style (Tests), Test Validity, Child Custody, Personality Traits, Personality Measures, Patients, College Students, Test Bias, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Clinical Diagnosis, Predictive Validity
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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