title: Factor structure of the Adolescent Multiphasic Personality Inventory in a psychiatric population.
abstract: The factor structure of the Adolescent Multiphasic Personality Inventory (AMPI) in a mental health center psychiatric patient population was examined (N = 70). Principal components factor analysis with Varimax rotation yielded four well defined factors, which accounted for 78% of the total variance. These factors can be conceptualized as neurotic, psychotic, characterological, and validity-defensiveness. Results support the construct validity of the AMPI and are discussed in relation to previous psychometric studies of psychopathology that used other objective personality inventories.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011594:Psychometrics