title: Four-month test-retest reliability of the MMPI-2 with normal male clergy.
abstract: This investigation examined the test-retest coefficients and absolute score changes with the Basic, Supplementary, and Content scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). Participants were 111 active male clergy who were not receiving mental health services at the time of their participation and who completed the MMPI-2 on two occasions separated by 4 months. A repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance for the three groups of scales revealed nonsignificant changes in mean T scores. In general, the test-retest coefficients obtained were similar to those reported in the MMPI-2 manual by Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, and Kaemmer (1989) and by Spiro, Butcher, Levenson, Aldwin, and Bosse (1993). Increases or decreases of 3 to 6 T-score points were observed for the majority of the scales, and instances in which T-score changes exceeded 10 points were observed on every scale. In sum, the test-retest reliability of the majority of MMPI-2 scales, as represented in this nonclinical sample, appears acceptable and compares favorably with the original MMPI.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Putnam
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kurtz
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Houts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results