Use of the MMPI in identification of alcoholic psychiatric patients.

The Prediction of Drug Use Among College Students From MMPI, MCMI, and Sensation Seeking Scales

“…Only two studies have compared standard MMPI clinical scales, including scale Pd, with the MAC scale in terms of investigating differential utility in identifying substance abusing individuals (Clopton & Klein, 1978;Clopton, Weiner, &Davis, 1980). Although the initial findings of the 1978 study indicated standard MMPI scales to have a more accurate classification rate, the 1980 cross-validation found an opposite pattern of results.…”