The aim of this study is to offer a profile detector of the falsifications that could be done to the MMPI-2. We propose minimal changes in the reversed order of the direct punctuations of L y K and the addition of four new specific scales: Odecp, Ds-r, S, F-K. Two groups were used: a control group, composed by normal and clinical subgroups who answered to the MMPI-2 according to standard procedure, and an experimental group, composed by three subgroups with different answer instructions: to give a good image, a bad image or an inconsistent answer. The result is a profile with the proposed scales of validity that initially allow the detection of different falsifications by the subjects when answering the MMPI-2 test. / Se propone un perfil detector de las falsificaciones que se dan con el MMPI-2, proponiendo la inversión de las puntuaciones directas de L y K y añadiendo cuatro nuevas escalas específicas: Odecp, Ds-r, S, F-K. Para esto se formaron dos grupos: control, compuesto por los subgrupos normal y clínico que contestan de forma estándar al MMPI-2, y experimental, formado por tres subgrupos instruidos para contestar al MMPI-2 de una manera determinada: mostrando buena imagen, mala imagen y de forma inconsistente. El resultado de este estudio es un perfil con las escalas de validez propuestas para la detección de las distintas falsificaciones que pueden realizar los sujetos que han contestado al cuestionario del MMPI-2.

The objective of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the personality of the Mexican criminal with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). The inventory was administered to 1,740 Mexican participants of which 870 (728 male and 142 female) are prison inmates, processed and/or sentenced for various crimes from various prisons in Mexico City, and the other 870 participants (728 male and 142 female) are not prison inmates. The ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) curve analysis was used to assess the level of diagnostic accuracy through indexes of the Area below the curve (ABC), sensitivity (S) and specificity (E). The analysis was differentiated by gender and showed significant differences / El objetivo de este estudio es poder apreciar la precisión diagnóstica de la personalidad del delincuente mexicano con la prueba del Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Se administró la prueba a un total de 1740 participantes mexicanos de los que 870 (728 varones y 142 mujeres) son reclusos, procesados y/o sentenciados por diferentes delitos, procedentes de diversas cárceles del Estado y Distrito Federal, y otros 870 (728 varones y 142 mujeres) son personas no reclusas. Se utilizó el análisis de la curva ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) para apreciar el nivel de precisión diagnóstica a través de sus índices del Área Bajo la Curva (ABC), su Sensibilidad (S) y Especificidad (E). El análisis, diferenciado por género, mostró notables diferencias. / O objetivo do presente estudo consiste em avaliar a precisão diagnóstica da personalidade do delinquente mexicano através da prova Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). A prova foi administrada a 1.740 participantes mexicanos, dos quais 870 (728 homens e 142 mulheres) são reclusos, julgados e condenados por diferentes delitos, procedentes de diferentes estabelecimentos prisionais da cidade do México, e outros 870 (728 homens e 142 mulheres) são pessoas não reclusas. Foi utilizada uma análise da curva de ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristics) para avaliar o nível de precisão diagnóstica através dos índices da Área Abaixo da Curva (ABC), sua sensibilidade (S) e Especificidade (E). A análise de diferenciação entre sexos revelou diferenças significativas.

The 567-item MMPI-2 is the most widely used personality measure; it requires a sixth-grade reading level, takes 60-90 minutes to administer, and reports robust psychometrics. However, traumatic brain injury (TBI) sequelae can cause cognitive deficits that affect test-taking abilities and item endorsement during differential diagnoses of neurological and personality factors. Therefore, this study examined the clinical utility of the shortened 338-item MMPI-2-RF inventory with a post-acute TBI population as a practical alternative. The MMPI-2-RF requires a fifth-grade reading level and takes 35-50 minutes to administer. The MMPI-2-RF also includes revised versions of the MMPI-2 Validity Scales and new substantive scales that may better psychometrically account for personality in TBI sequelae, such the Somatic/Cognitive Scales. This study conducted an incremental validity analysis of the MMPI-2-RF with a non-litigating, post-acute care TBI population in Central Texas. The goal of the study was to explore the measure’s performance, or its ability to capture functional dimensions in a TBI sample. More specifically, the study examined the construct validity of MMPI-2 to MMPI-2-RF Validity and Restructured Clinical Scales, and criterion validity for the Somatic/Cognitive Scales with neuropsychological and neurobehavioral functioning measures. An archival neuropsychological database (N = 60) was analyzed of patients who participated in TBI rehabilitation treatment at a Central Texas hospital. MMPI-2-RF profiles were retrospectively scored with MMPI-2 archival data. Statistical analysis between MMPI-2 to MMPI-2-RF Validity and Restructured Clinical Scales was conducted. MMPI-2-RF Somatic/Cognitive Scales and criterion measures of Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale, 4th Edition (WAIS-IV), The Weschler Memory Scales, 4th Edition (WMS-IV), The Booklet Category Test, 2nd Edition (BCT), and the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory (NFI) were examined. Patient demographics and measurement qualities were reported with the sample. / text

Associations among personality, coping, and psychopathology have long been established (e.g., Folkman, Lazarus, Gruen, & DeLongis, 1986; Kobasa, 1979; Wheaton, 1983). This study assessed reported distress on the MMPI-2-RF (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008), coping and appraisal styles via the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; Garnefski, Kraaij, & Spinhoven, 2001, 2002) and Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI; Greenglass, Schwarzer, & Taubert, 1999), personality traits on the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP; Goldberg, 1999), and exposure to and perception of stressors on the Adolescent Perceived Events Scale (APES; Compas, Davis, Forsythe, & Wagner, 1987). In the current study mediational analysis was employed to assess whether coping helped explain how and why the relationship between personality and psychopathology exists. Additionally, exposure to and perception of stressors was measured and compared to psychopathology and coping styles. Although coping did not mediate the relationship between personality and psychopathology as conceptualized in this study, implications are discussed regarding the associations among constructs.

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Different psychosocial factors influence the experience and adaptation to pain. Previous cluster analytic studies using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2nd edition described psychologically different subgroups of pain patients that had been shown valuable in determining outcome. However, these studies had limited applicability to medico-legal pain populations because they did not use newly developed scales or describe important medico-legal factors that have large effects on symptom endorsement. Using three methods of clustering, the current investigation explored the subgroups that resulted when using all the MMPI-2 and the newly developed MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) scales on a large and well-described population of medico-legal spine pain patients. Result demonstrated that the best solution for the current sample was the two-cluster solution when a traditional method was used. However, the best solution was the three-cluster solution when all MMPI-2 scales and a method that used all MMPI-2-RF scales were used. Thus, the three-cluster solution was considered the most adequate solution to differentiate patients in medico-legal settings. Moreover, results demonstrated that subgroup membership was not conditioned to spine related organic factors. Instead, malingering, education, ethnic background and legal status differentiated pain subgroups. Lastly, results demonstrated a dose-response relationship between perceived outcome and subgroup profile elevation. The current results are relevant for understanding the circumstances that can influence spine pain recovery and for informing decisions regarding possible interventions.

L’objet d’étude de cette thèse est l'hystérie. Cette structure de personnalité pour certains, ou pathologie pour d’autres, a été au cœur de nombreuses controverses et a fait l'objet de nombreux clichés, le principal étant que seulement les femmes seraient touchées par l'hystérie. Le but de cette recherche est alors de démontrer que les hommes, comme les femmes, peuvent être sujets à l'hystérie et que celle-ci se manifeste de façon relativement similaire chez les deux sexes.Après une présentation de l'hystérie, cinq hypothèses sont posées, portant respectivement sur la difficulté d’identification sexuelle, l’angoisse de castration, la non-résolution du conflit œdipien, la relation d’objet génitale et le recours à des défenses hystéro-phobiques. Pour mettre à l’épreuve ces hypothèses, un échantillon de dix femmes et dix hommes, présentant chacun une structure de personnalité hystérique, a été constitué. Il a été proposé à chacun des entretiens cliniques pour dresser leur anamnèse, le test projectif de Rorschach et le MMPI-2. L’analyse de l’ensemble des données obtenues a révélé que peu de différences entre les deux groupes. L’hypothèse générale selon laquelle beaucoup de points communs existent entre les femmes et les hommes hystériques a alors pu être vérifiée. La recherche ayant été faite sur un nombre restreint de participants, traversant tous une période de souffrance, plusieurs recherches peuvent être faites dans le futur afin de recueillir des données sur un plus grand échantillon, également auprès de personnes présentant une structure de personnalité davantage compensée, ce qui permettrait peut-être une meilleure compréhension de l’hystérie et aiderait à une meilleure prise en charge thérapeutique / This study is about hysteria. This personality structure for some, or pathology for others, has been at the heart of many controversies and has been subject to many clichés, the main one being that only women would be prone to hysteria. The aim of this research is to demonstrate that men, like women, can be prone to hysteria and that its manifestations are relatively similar for both sexes.After a presentation of hysteria, five hypotheses are posed, dealing respectively with gender identity issues, castration anxiety, non-resolution of the oedipal conflict, genital love and the use of hystero-phobic defense mechanisms. To test these hypotheses, a sample of ten women and ten men, each with a hysterical personality structure, was formed. To each participant was offered several clinical interviews according to their history, as well as the Rorschach test and the MMPI-2. Analysis of all the data collected only revealed little difference between the two groups. The general hypothesis that many common points exist between hysterical women and men seems to be verified.The research was carried out with a limited number of participants, all of which were going through a period of suffering. Several other studies could be carried out in the future to collect data on a larger sample and on people with a more compensated personality structure, allowing perhaps a better understanding of hysteria and a better psychotherapic follow up

The use of psychological testing in child custody assessments has become more common and important as psychologists are increasingly used as expert witnesses in contested child custody and visitation cases. Currently, the MMPI-2 is the most commonly used psychological test in child custody cases, but there is no research indicating which version of the measure (K-corrected, non-K-corrected, or the RC scales) provides the most accurate picture of the custody litigant in terms of substantial correlations with external variables. This study represents the first examination of the convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity of the MMPI-2 K-corrected Basic Clinical Scales, the MMPI-2 non-K-corrected Basic Clinical Scales, and the RC scales in a sample of (n = 196) custody litigants from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Results indicated that all three sets of scales showed some evidence of convergent validity and discriminant validity with external criteria, with gender differences shown in correlate patterns. Additionally, results indicated that none of the three versions demonstrated incremental validity relative to the other versions. There were several limitations of the study including the use of dichotomous, self-report external correlate variables, the simultaneous collection of both predictor and outcome variables, and potentially limited generalizability of the data.

The Malingered Depression Scale (Md Scale; Steffan, Clopton, & Morgan, 2003) was recently developed for use with the MMPI-2 in attempts to distinguish individuals with genuine symptoms of depression from individuals who feign depression on the test. With respect to the Md scale, a relative lack of research and mixed findings regarding its utility are problematic; therefore, these issues were explored. The predictive and incremental validity of the Md scale were tested in this study to determine if use of the Md scale conferred a distinct predictive advantage over standard validity scales (e.g. F, FB, FP) in the differentiation between participants instructed to feign depression and participants who, prior to taking the MMPI-2, endorsed a significant number of depressive symptoms on a self-report measure. The Md scale demonstrated predictive and incremental validity in this study in distinguishing the two groups; however several limitations arose regarding use of the Md scale, most notably conceptual clarity within participant groups and problems regarding the use of cut scores.

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