Item Level Improvements for Use of the MMPI With Adolescents

Williams, Carolyn L.; Ben‐Porath, Yossef S.; Hevern, Vincent W.

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“…In addition to the 58 standard scale item deletions, mostly concentrated in Scales F, 5 (Mf), and 0 (Si), the wording of 70 items was modified in an attempt to eliminate outdated or sexist language, improve awkward phrasing, increase item clarity, or make items more relevant to adolescents' life experiences (Archer, 1997;Butcher et al, 1992). Archer and Gordon (1994) and Williams, Ben-Porath, and Hevern (1994) subsequently demonstrated that the psychometric characteristics of these rewritten items were equivalent to those of the items in their original form.…”

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Changes in Adolescent Response Patterns on the MMPI/MMPI-A Across Four Decades

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Archer²,

Trumbetta³

et al. 2003

Journal of Personality Assessment

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The purpose of this study was to explore changes in adolescent self-presentation on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Hathaway & McKinley, 1940) and MMPI-A (Butcher et al., 1992) over a 40-year period. The primary samples used for comparison in this study include 1,235 adolescents, age 14 through 16, derived from the MMPI-A normative sample (Butcher et al., 1992) collected in 1989 and 10,514 adolescents, age 14 through 16, collected in 1948 and 1954 from Hathaway and Monachesi's (1963) study of adolescent personality and behavior. MMPI basic scale and item-level data were also included for 817 adolescents, age 14 through 16, collected by Colligan and Offord (1992) in 1985 as a further comparison. Between-sample analyses at the profile level revealed that adolescents from the MMPI-A normative sample scored significantly higher across basic clinical scales and lower on validity scales L and K than adolescents from the Hathaway and Monachesi (1963) sample, with mean data from the Colligan and Offord (1992) sample typically falling at a midpoint value. Analyses of Harris-Lingoes (Harris & Lingoes, 1955) subscale and item-level data were conducted to provide refined definitions of the contents of scale-level changes. Results were interpreted as reflecting moderate to large changes in response frequencies between eras of data collection, and emphasis was placed on the relatively high frequency of item endorsements by contemporary adolescents in the clinical direction in the MMPI-A normative sample. A series of cautions and limitations are also offered in interpreting these patterns.

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Changes in Adolescent Response Patterns on the MMPI/MMPI-A Across Four Decades

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Archer²,

Trumbetta³

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Journal of Personality Assessment

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“…Participants were excluded based on the following criteria derived from a review of procedures used in other adolescent MMPI studies (i.e., Archer & Klinefelter, 1992;Williams, Ben-Porath, & Hevern, 1994;Wrobel & Lachar, 1992) and Archer's (1992Archer's ( , 1997 MMPI-A interpretation guidelines: IQ Ͻ 70, MMPI-A scores of Cannot Say (CS) scale Ͼ 10, and T-score elevations on scales L Ͼ 80, K Ͼ 80, and F Ͼ 90. Participants were excluded based on the following criteria derived from a review of procedures used in other adolescent MMPI studies (i.e., Archer & Klinefelter, 1992;Williams, Ben-Porath, & Hevern, 1994;Wrobel & Lachar, 1992) and Archer's (1992Archer's ( , 1997 MMPI-A interpretation guidelines: IQ Ͻ 70, MMPI-A scores of Cannot Say (CS) scale Ͼ 10, and T-score elevations on scales L Ͼ 80, K Ͼ 80, and F Ͼ 90.…”

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Evaluating PTSD in incarcerated male juveniles with the MMPI-A: An exploratory analysis

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“…In the case of the MMPI-A, item changes were evaluated in a field study. Adolescents from a private school served as “project consultants”—they were given alternative wording of cumbersome items and asked to determine the readability and acceptability of the item changes (Williams, Ben-Porath, & Hevern, 1991).…”

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Revising psychological tests: Lessons learned from the revision of the MMPI.

Butcher¹

2000

Psychological Assessment

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Some types of psychological tests become dated and require more frequent and more extensive revision than others. Because of the formidable effort that is required in a test revision, the goals and scope of the revision need to be carefully staked out before a revision is undertaken. The revision team needs to develop a generally agreed-upon guiding philosophy for the test revision in the beginning of the project and incorporate broad input into the changes that are likely to be required. Factors important to consider in a test revision are discussed, and the parameters of personality test revision illustrated from the extensive program to revise the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) are included. Recommendations for gauging acceptance of the revision are suggested along with steps that revisers and publishers might take to make a test revision both more research based and more acceptable to test users.

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Item Level Improvements for Use of the MMPI With Adolescents

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Changes in Adolescent Response Patterns on the MMPI/MMPI-A Across Four Decades

Changes in Adolescent Response Patterns on the MMPI/MMPI-A Across Four Decades

Evaluating PTSD in incarcerated male juveniles with the MMPI-A: An exploratory analysis

Revising psychological tests: Lessons learned from the revision of the MMPI.

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