Use of the MMPI-2 With Asian Populations.

Butcher, James N.; Cheung, Fanny M.; Lim, Jeeyoung

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.15.3.248

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“…Personality psychologists generally preferred imported measures with rigorous translation and adaptation procedures, for example, the Japanese version of the MMPI (see Butcher et al, 2003) or the Japanese version of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R; Shimonaka, Nakazato, Gondo, & Takayama, 1999).…”

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Indigenous Measures of Personality Assessment in Asian Countries: A Review.

Cheung¹,

Cheung²,

Wada³

et al. 2003

Psychological Assessment

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This article reviews attempts to develop multidimensional personality measures in Asia and their applications in clinical assessment. Indigenous personality assessment measures in India, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan are examined. These early attempts have not yielded a comprehensive personality measure that integrates a theoretical framework and an empirical program of validation. The Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI) is cited as an example to illustrate the process of developing an indigenous measure that meets the testing standards of established assessment instruments. On the basis of the research findings from the CPAI, the authors discuss the relevance of indigenous measures in clinical assessment in native cultures as well as in informing mainstream personality assessment.

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Section: Japanese Indigenous Measuresmentioning

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Indigenous Measures of Personality Assessment in Asian Countries: A Review.

Cheung¹,

Cheung²,

Wada³

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Psychological Assessment

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“…psychological constructs (Butcher et al, 2003;Janca, 2005;Room et al, 1996), including depression (Kleinman, 2004), concerns about the validity of this counterintuitive finding remain (Rogler, 1999). Measurement bias resulting from differential misclassification, with minorities being less likely to meet DSM criteria despite similar levels of underlying disorder, remains a potential methodological explanation for these findings (Rogler et al, 2001).…”

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Differential Item Functioning Between Ethnic Groups in the Epidemiological Assessment of Depression

Breslau¹,

Javaras²,

Blacker³

et al. 2008

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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A potential explanation for the finding that disadvantaged minority status is associated with a lower lifetime risk for depression is that individuals from minority ethnic groups may be less likely to endorse survey questions about depression even when they have the same level of depression. We examine this possibility using a nonparametric item response theory approach to assess differential item functioning (DIF) in a national survey of psychiatric disorders, the National Comorbidity Survey. Of 20 questions used to assess depression symptoms, we found evidence of DIF in 3 questions when comparing non-Hispanic blacks with non-Hispanic whites and in 3 questions when comparing Hispanics with non-Hispanic whites. However, removal of the questions with DIF did not alter the relative prevalence of depression between ethnic groups. Ethnic differences do exist in response to questions concerning depression, but these differences do not account for the finding of relatively low prevalence of depression among minority groups. KeywordsDepression; measurement; bias; ethnicity; epidemiology Although risk of depression is consistently associated with low socioeconomic status (Lorant et al., 2003), epidemiological studies have not found elevated risk for depression among socially disadvantaged minority groups in the United States. In fact, all surveys that have assessed depression in national samples of American adults have found significantly lower lifetime risk for depression among non-Hispanic blacks compared with non-Hispanic whites (Blazer et al., 1994;Breslau et al., 2006;Somervell et al., 1989;Weissman et al., 1991;Williams et al., 2007). In addition, no surveys have found higher risk for depression among Hispanics relative to non-Hispanic whites, whereas some have found significantly lower risk among Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites (Blazer et al., 1994;Breslau et al., 2006;Karno et al., 1987). However, because of the difficulty of establishing the cultural equivalence of NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript psychological constructs (Butcher et al., 2003;Janca, 2005;Room et al., 1996), including depression (Kleinman, 2004), concerns about the validity of this counterintuitive finding remain (Rogler, 1999). Measurement bias resulting from differential misclassification, with minorities being less likely to meet DSM criteria despite similar levels of underlying disorder, remains a potential methodological explanation for these findings (Rogler et al., 2001).In this article, we investigate whether measurement bias in the assessment of depression can account for the unexpectedly low lifetime prevalence of depression among Hispanics and nonHispanic blacks relative to non-Hispanic whites. Data come from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), a nationally representative survey of psychiatric disorders in which respondents were interviewed face-to-face by nonclinician interviewers using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), a fully structured diagnostic inter...

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“…Bernal del Riesgo in Cuba (Quevedo & Butcher in press), Reda in Italy (Butcher & Pancheri 1976), and Abe in Japan (Abe 1959) were among the early personality assessment psychologists who pioneered cross-cultural test adaptation with the MMPI. A great deal has been written about the use of the MMPI/MMPI-2 in international applications (Arbisi & Butcher 2004;Butcher 2004;Butcher & Pancheri 1976;Butcher 1996;Butcher, Derksen, Sloore & Sirigatti 2003;Butcher, Cheung, & Lim 2003).…”

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“…Interestingly, the rejection of American ideas did not represent the total view of the population because some psychologists in Cuba, Iran, and the Soviet Union continued to use one bit of 'Americanism' -MMPI assessment during these times of conflict. The MMPI continued to be used and researched in these countries -even for military screening (Butcher, Cheung, & Lim 2003;Queveda, & Butcher in press;Nezami, & Zamani 1996) and it was also used for Cosmonaut selection in the former Soviet Union (Koscheyev & Leon 1996). Even psychologists in the People's Republic of China (which was involved in a 'hot war' against the United States in the 1950's) were enthusiastic to acquire MMPI technology after opening their doors to the Western influence.…”

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“…The future holds broad possibilities for psychologists to apply objective research methods to acquire more culturally based science of psychopathology: 1) psychology is growing as a profession around the world. One has only to look at the expanding research developments in Asia, particularly China, to gain an appreciation of the extent of psychological research in the world today (Butcher, Cheung, & Lim 2003). There is a growing assemblage of personality researchers in many countries that have both the motivation and qualifications for collaborative international personality assessment research.…”

Section: Suggestions For Future Directions: Prospects For Future Resementioning

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