401. Development of a three-scale MMPI: the MMPI-TRI.
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Swanson SC, Tmepler DI, Thomas-Dobson S, Cannon WG, Streiner DL, Reynolds RM, and Miller HR
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- Acting Out, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anxiety Disorders classification, Anxiety Disorders diagnosis, Anxiety Disorders psychology, Child, Depressive Disorder classification, Depressive Disorder diagnosis, Depressive Disorder psychology, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Disorders classification, Mental Disorders psychology, Middle Aged, Personality Disorders classification, Personality Disorders psychology, Prisoners psychology, Psychometrics, Psychotic Disorders classification, Psychotic Disorders diagnosis, Psychotic Disorders psychology, Reproducibility of Results, Schizophrenia classification, Schizophrenia diagnosis, Schizophrenic Psychology, MMPI statistics & numerical data, Mental Disorders diagnosis, Personality Disorders diagnosis
- Abstract
A 60-item short form of the MMPI with very high content validity and items that appear on both the MMPI and MMPI-2 was developed and named the MMPI-TRI. It contains three 20-item scales--the Subjective Distress, Acting-Out, and Psychosis scales. These three scales have excellent internal consistency and sufficient independence from each other. An anxiety and depression group of patients, prison inmate group, and a schizophrenic and other psychotic group had the highest mean scores on Subjective Distress, Acting-Out, and Psychosis, respectively. Correlations with the 13 regular scales of the MMPI and MMPI-2, their content and supplementary scales, and four other psychometric instruments provided very strong evidence for validity. Norms are provided.
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- 1995
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