MMPI Clinical and content norms for a mixed psychiatric adolescent population

Abstract

Presented a set of MMPI norms for a mixed psychiatric group of adolescents (N = 1022). Normative information is stratified according to five age categories and includes means and standard deviations for the validity, clinical, and 48 content scales. The usefulness of these norms for clinicians is discussed.

Age differences in MMPI scale scores from 1,189 psychiatric patients

“…In the past decade, differences between the MMPI profiles of adults and adolescents have been examined thoroughly (e.g., Green, 1980;Marks, Seeman, & Haller, 1974;Watson, Harris, Johnson, & LaBeck, 1983). The differences in MMPI profiles of Ss that span adult years (with particular emphasis on normal aging) have received increased attention in recent years, but descriptions of age-related MMPI differences in clinical populations remain incomplete (Dahlstrom, Welsh, & Dahlstrom, 1972Davis, Mozdzierz, & Macchitelli, 1973;Harmatz & Shader, 1975;Leon, Gillum, Gillum, & Gouze, 1979;Newark, Gentry, Simpson, & Jones, 1978;Newark & Hutchins, 1980;Pearson, Swenson, & Rowe, 1965;Swenson, Pearson, & Osborne, 1973).…”