Replicated correlates of MMPI two-point code types: The Missouri actuarial system

Young adults who were attending a college student mental health center and who obtained MMPI profiles with clinical scales within normal limits with and without elevated K were compared to all other patients at the center on 175 descriptors obtained from intake interviews. Those items that discriminated (x2, p less than .05) students who obtained these profile types from others are reported as tentative MMPI interpretive correlates for patients in similar settings. Correlates ranged from those indicative of situational difficulties to serious psychopathology, and clear sex differences were present. It is concluded that within-normal-limit profiles do not indicate psychological normality when they occur in such a setting and that useful interpretive information can be identified for these, as well as clinically elevated profile types.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…MMPI profiles then were classified according to two-point code types (Gynther, Altman, & Sletten, 1973). For the purpose of this study only those patients who generated profiles with clinical scales within normal limits will be considered.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Behavioral correlates for within-normal-limit MMPI profiles with and without elevated K in students at a university mental health center

Kelley

King

1978

“…Some traditional approaches have used complex configurational rules that allow for several high-point clinical scales to be entered in the code types (Gilberstadt & Duker, 1965; Marks & Seeman, 1963; Marks et al, 1974). Research has suggested, however, that two-digit high-point code types are as reliable as the more complex systems (Fowler & Hodo, 1975;Gynther, Altman, & Sletten, 1973;Lewandowski & Graham, 1972). Consequently, a number of systems have been based on the use of the two-digit high-point code types (Graham, 1977;Greene, 1980;King & Kelley, 1977).…”

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confidence: 99%

Methodological variations in the use of the MMPI for diagnosis of borderline personality disorder among alcoholics

Horváth

Jonsdottir-Baldursson

1990

Methodological variations in the scoring and interpretation of the MMPI and their effects on discrimination between borderline and non‐borderline personality disordered alcoholics were investigated. Subjects were 49 male and female inpatient alcoholics in an Icelandic psychiatric hospital. Gunderson's Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines and the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test were used to diagnose borderline personality disorder and alcoholism, respectively. Scoring and interpretation of the MMPI were varied in terms of the use and non‐use of high F‐scale profiles, and their impact on the frequency of various code types among borderline and non‐borderline personality disordered alcoholics was considered. It was found that such methodological variations do not affect the frequency of some profile types, and, consequently, the discrimination between the diagnostic groups. Studies and coding systems should consider methodological variations in the scoring and interpretation of MMPI profiles and their consequent effects on diagnosis.

“…Researchers who have presented actuarial data typically have focused on the 20 or so most common code types, which seldom have included scale 0. Gynther, Altman, and Sletten (1973) included no 0 codes among the 20 most frequent codes that accounted for almost 64% of their patient sample. Lewandowski and Graham (1972) included no 0 codes among their 19 frequently occurring codes.…”

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confidence: 99%

Composite descriptions associated with rare MMPI two-point code types in an adult urban psychiatric setting: Codes that involve scale 0

Tanner

1990

MMPI files of 1,016 psychiatric patients were searched for protocols with two‐point codes that involved scale 0. Thirty‐eight such protocols were found, which accounted for 3.7% of the sample. Salient characteristics of the cases were noted, and composite descriptions were developed for each of the code types. An additional 14 new outpatient cases from our clinic were located over the next 2 years. Base rates from the original sample, as well as descriptive statistics and composite descriptions from the extended sample, are provided for each of the eight code types.