title: MMPI-2: reliability with college students.
abstract: This study examined the temporal stability and internal consistency of the MMPI-2 in a sample of 128 college students. Mean score comparisons revealed significant differences across a number of scales, but in each case mean differences were slight and viewed as clinically insignificant. Moderate to high stability coefficients were obtained, from .60 to .90 (median of .74). Alpha coefficients ranged from .39 to .91 (median of .62). Analysis of individual difference scores revealed that for each scale approximately 20% of the sample had discrepancy scores that reached or exceeded 10 T-score points (i.e., one standard deviation). Findings are discussed relative to the reliability of the MMPI-2 in clinical assessment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh 54901.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Matz
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Altepeter
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results