title: The MCMI-II and race.
abstract: In this study, we investigated MCMI-II profile differences in a sample of 65 Black and 164 White psychiatric inpatients. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) yielded a significant multivariate effect associated with race, with Black patients scoring significantly higher on the Histrionic, Narcissistic, Paranoid, Drug Dependent and Delusional Disorder scales. A second MANOVA was conducted on these 5 scales with a smaller sample of 46 Black and 46 White patients, who were matched for primary Axis I discharge diagnosis and matched for substance abuse comorbidity. This MANOVA did not yield a significant multivariate effect associated with race, and scale differences were attenuated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Munley
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vacha-Haase
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Busby
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*