Police officer candidate MMPI-2 performance: gender, ethnic, and normative factors.
Eighty-four police officer applicants (61 White males, 12 White Females, and 11 minority males) were administered the MMPI-2 as part of an employment screening assessment. All the applications showed a defensive style, low scores on scales 2 and 0, and extreme scores on scale 5. Implications of high scale 5 scores for female and low scale 5 scores for male police officer applicants are discussed.
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Department of Psychology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic 06226, USA.
D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010560:Personnel Selection; D016495:Police; D012737:Sex Factors