title: MMPI correlates of Exner's Egocentricity Index in an adolescent psychiatric population.
abstract: This research examined the relationship between Exner's Egocentricity Index (EI) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Scales 2, 4, and 9 in an adolescent psychiatric population. Subjects with a low EI had significantly higher MMPI Depression (D) scale elevations compared to those with a high EI. Furthermore, of the adolescents who had Scale 2 scores in the clinical range, 68% also had an EI in the bottom half of the distribution. There was no relationship between the EI and MMPI scales 4 and 9. These findings are discussed in light of the generally poor correlations between MMPI and Rorschach variables.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology, Old Dominion University.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caputo-Sacco
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data