Utility of the MMPI-168 with men inpatient alcoholics.
The ability of the MMPI-168 to estimate full-scale high-point code types was evaluated in 772 men inpatient alcoholics. Although concordance of code types was found to be 35% across the entire sample, concordance rates of specific codes varied from 78% for the 2-4/4-2 type to only 15% for the 7-8/8-7 type. The MMPI-168 also underestimated the frequency of many full-scale code types. Overall, the data indicated that the MMPI-168 should be used very cautiously with alcoholics when the goal is to estimate full-scale code types.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics