title: Congruence of the MCMI-II and MCMI-III in cocaine dependence.
abstract: This study compared the MCMI-II and MCMI-III among 40 urban, poor, cocaine abusers in outpatient treatment. The mean group profiles had strikingly similar relative elevations on the Antisocial, Narcissistic, Aggressive-Sadistic, Alcohol Dependence, and Drug Dependence scales. However, the MCMI-III group profile was significantly lower in magnitude compared with the MCMI-II. Interval and rank-order correlations were moderate to low for most scales, and 90% of participants produced discrepant 2-point codetypes between the 2 tests. These results suggest that clinicians working in substance abuse settings should perhaps adjust MCMI-III profile elevations upward on most scales (particularly on the personality disorder scales) when comparing results to extant normative data and should use caution when referencing MCMI/MCMI-II interpretive manuals for descriptive correlates of MCMI-III scales and codetypes.
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19103-7220, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Marlowe
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Festinger
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Rubenstein
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Platt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011203:Poverty; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014505:Urban Population