An examination of the clinical validity of the MCMI-III depressive personality scale

Davis, Steven E.; Hays, Larry W.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199701)53:1<15::aid-jclp3>3.0.co;2-u

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“…Despite the fact that McCann and Dyer (1996) recommended clinicians use the MCMI-II instead of the MCMI-III in forensic settings because of scant validity data in the original edition of the MCMI-III manual (Millon, 1994), there have been recent advances in the literature which outdate this recommendation and which now support validity of the MCMI-III and its use in forensic evaluations (Craig, R. J., 1999;Craig & Bivens, 1998;Craig, Bivens, & Olson, 1997;Davis & Hays, 1997;Davis, Wenger, & Guzman, 1997;Dyce, O'Connor, Parkins, & Janzen, 1997;Dyer, 1997;Dyer & McCann, 2000). Moreover, the MCMI-III manual has been revised and the most recent edition includes a more expanded and detailed validity study which supports use of the MCMI-III in forensic assessments (Millon, Davis, & Millon, 1997).…”

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The MCMI-III in Child Custody Evaluations

McCann

Flens

Campagna³

et al. 2001

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

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The MCMI-III in Child Custody Evaluations

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Campagna³

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Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

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“…However, the alphas for both the BDI and the BAI obtained in this study were consistent with those reported in the literature. Other researchers have also found high correlations between measures of anxiety and depression (Beck et al, 1988;Costello & Comrey, 1967;Davis & Hays, 1997;Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995;Millon, 1994). The strong convergence between the MCMI-III and PDQ-R Avoidant scales (r = .78) is encouraging and suggests that these scales are measuring the same underlying construct and that this construct can be differentiated from other anxiety disorders.…”

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“…A growing body of research suggests that the MCMI-III may be a useful instrument in the assessment of depressive personality style (Davis & Hays, 1997), substance abusers (Craig, 1997;Craig & Bivens, 1998;Craig & Olson, 1998), personality disorders (Dyce, O'Connor, Parkins, & Janzen, 1997), and posttraumatic stress disorder (Craig & Olson, 1997). In addition, the MCMI-III has been shown to be sensitive to treatment response (Piersma & Boes, 1997).…”

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Exploring the Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity of the MCMI-III Anxiety and Avoidant Personality Scales

Blais¹,

Holdwick²,

McLean³

et al. 2003

Journal of Personality Assessment

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The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI; Millon, 1983) is a commonly used self-report instrument designed to aid in the assessment of Axis I and Axis II disorders. Concerns have been expressed regarding the procedures used in the normative research for the current version of the MCMI (MCMI-III; Millon, 1994) leading to a call for additional validity research on the MCMI-III (Retzlaff, 1996). In this study, we investigated the psychometric properties of the MCMI-III's Anxiety and Avoidant personality scales in a sample of patients diagnosed with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) anxiety disorders. Our results suggest that the MCMI-III Avoidant scale is reliable (r =.89) and it was found to demonstrate appropriate convergent and divergent validity with other self-report measures. The MCMI-III Anxiety scale also showed adequate reliability (r =.78); however, our findings raise some concerns about the discriminant validity of this scale. A scale composed of the MCMI-III core anxiety items was found to have better discriminant validity. These findings are consistent with those reported by other researchers regarding the relationship between self-report measures of anxiety, avoidance, and depression. We conclude that the MCMI-III measures of anxiety and avoidance are consistent with other measures of these constructs and may provide valuable clinical information in this regard.

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Assessing Personality and Psychopathology With Interviews

Craig

2003

Handbook of Psychology

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This chapter discusses contemporary issues in assessing psychopathology and personality with interview. We discuss types of interviews, how clients and clinicians approach an interview, and structured versus unstructured interviews. The structure of the interview is presented along with continuing concerns with official diagnostic systems. Issues that complicate the assessment process for personality disorders are discussed, including the base rate problem, the role of affective disorders, state versus trait assessment, the role of culture, the reliability of psychiatric diagnosis, the problem of diagnostic overlap, and comorbidities. Current findings on the reliability of structured clinical interviews are presented. While structured diagnostic interviews show acceptable reliability, their convergent validity with similar instruments and with self‐report instruments are only modest. This means that two similar instruments, be they structured interview or self‐report tests, may not result in the same diagnoses for a given patient. The chapter concludes with a discussion of computer‐assisted diagnosis and suggestions for the future.

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An examination of the clinical validity of the MCMI-III depressive personality scale

Cited by 11 publications

References 5 publications

The MCMI-III in Child Custody Evaluations

The MCMI-III in Child Custody Evaluations

Exploring the Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity of the MCMI-III Anxiety and Avoidant Personality Scales

Assessing Personality and Psychopathology With Interviews

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