Barron's Ego Strength Scale and Welsh's Anxiety and Repression Scales: A Comparison of the MMPI and MMPI-2.

Examines the comparability of the Ego Strength (Es), Anxiety (A), and Repression (R) scales, and Welsh's (1965) classification of scores on the A and R scales into nine categories on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the MMPI-2. Level of agreement on the MMPI and MMPI-2; Possible reason for the failure to find gender differences; Significance of a higher score on A and R and E scores.