An MMPI Comparison of Two Groups of Institutionalized Delinquents

Erikson, Robert V.; Roberts, Alan H.

doi:10.1080/0091651x.1966.10120283

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“…This led Driscoll to speculate that the prison environment fosters modes of adaptive behavior that are viewed as maladaptive behaviors outside of prison. Erikson and Roberts (1966;3) initially compared a maladjusted juvenile delinquent group to an adjusted group, and they found that the maladjusted group scored significantly higher on the Pd scale. They generated a 19-item scale that differentiated the two groups, but two replication attempts failed to support any of their initial findings.…”

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The MMPI as a primary differentiator and predictor of behavior in prison: A methodological critique and review of the recent literature.

Gearing¹

1979

Psychological Bulletin

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Evaluated 71 investigations of MMPI usage in prison work. Additional studies were examined to provide a methodological basis for the comparisons of the research, which were made within sections on (a) sampling procedures, (b) sources of variance and their effects on test results, (c) protocol validity, and (d) methods of profile interpretation. Several methodological shortcomings and various differences in procedure across studies limit the generalizability of the findings. Research in the hostile-assaultive section, however, has produced preliminary MMPI indicators for a type of violently aggressive behavior pattern that is otherwise difficult to detect. Other areas in which the MMPI shows promise include homosexuality, recidivism, and the classification of psychopathologic behavior. More research is needed in the areas of institutional adjustment and suicide. Recommendations for future investigations prescribe adequately controlled sampling procedures, modifications in the interpretation of protocol validity, investigation of certain methodological questions in their own right, consideration of more than one aspect of profile data, the use of base-rate probabilities in predictive studies and the pursuit of longitudinal studies with thorough follow-up procedures. (3½ p ref)

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The MMPI as a primary differentiator and predictor of behavior in prison: A methodological critique and review of the recent literature.

Gearing¹

1979

Psychological Bulletin

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“…A search of the English-language literature from 1945 through 1994 identified 23 studies reporting the mean profiles of 40 samples totaling 7,783 male juvenile delinquents. Almost all of the studies used K -corrected adult norms and concurrent designs, typically testing delinquents who had been committed to or paroled from correctional institutions for juvenile offenders (Aniol, 1973; Ashbaugh, 1953; Boone & Green, 1991; Caditz, 1959, 1961; Cornell, Miller, & Benedek, 1988; Erikson & Roberts, 1966; Gendreau, Grant, Leipciger, & Collins, 1979; Gough, Wenk, & Rozynko, 1965; Hathaway & Monachesi, 1963; Lefkowitz, 1966; Levy, Southcombe, Cranor, & Freeman, 1952; Lueger, 1983; Mack, 1969; Monachesi, 1948, 1953; Randolph, Richardson, & Johnson, 1961; Richardson & Roebuck, 1965; Rowley & Stone, 1962; Shinohara & Jenkins, 1967; Tsubouchi & Jenkins, 1969; Wenk & Emrich, 1972; Westendorp, Brink, Roberson, & Ortiz, 1986).…”

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MMPI-A patterns of male juvenile delinquents.

Peña

Megargee²,

Brody³

1996

Psychological Assessment

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The usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) (J. was examined for 162 delinquent boys in a state training school. Their base rates, patterns, and configurations on all the MMPI-A scales and subscales were determined and compared with those of the 805 nondeliquent male adolescents in the MMPI-A standardization sample and with the original MMPI patterns of 7,783 delinquents identified in a literature review. The most prominent clinical scales were 4, 6, and 9, and 49/94 was the most frequent 2-point code.The study confirmed 14 of 18 hypotheses for mean differences on the 38 MMPI-A validity, clinical, supplementary, and content scales, and also found significant mean differences on 33 of the other 51 MMPI-A scales and subscalcs, 13 of which were large enough to be clinically meaningful. Most of the MMPI-A patterns and configurations were consistent with the literature on male juvenile delinquents.The original Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) (Hathaway & McKinley, 1943) has been used in the clinical assessment of juvenile delinquents for over 50 years.Comparing 101 delinquent with 85 nondelinquent girls. Capwell (1945) reported that the delinquents had significantly higher scores on

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The Prediction of Violence with Psychological Tests

Megargee

1970

Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology

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An MMPI Comparison of Two Groups of Institutionalized Delinquents

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

The MMPI as a primary differentiator and predictor of behavior in prison: A methodological critique and review of the recent literature.

The MMPI as a primary differentiator and predictor of behavior in prison: A methodological critique and review of the recent literature.

MMPI-A patterns of male juvenile delinquents.

The Prediction of Violence with Psychological Tests

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