Barron's Ego Strength Scale and Welsh's Anxiety and Repression Scales: a comparison of the MMPI and MMPI-2.
In this study we examined the comparability of the Ego Strength (Es), Anxiety (A), and Repression (R) scales, and Welsh's (1965) classification of scores on the A and R scales into nine categories, on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and MMPI-2. Undergraduate students (65 women, 65 men) completed the MMPI and MMPI-2, in counterbalanced order, 1 week apart. There was high agreement between MMPI and MMPI-2 for the A scale, moderately high agreement for the Es scale, and a moderate level of agreement for the R scale, but little consistency in Welsh's categorization of A and R scores.
Sprock
J
J
Department of Psychology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA.
Bienek
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology