title: MMPI-2 with Mexican psychiatric inpatients: basic and content scales.
abstract: This paper presents the results of a study of the Mexican Spanish version of the MMPI-2 with a clinical sample of 233 patients who were diagnosed as having psychological disturbances or personality disorders, according to DSM-III R criteria. Inpatient scores were obtained from four psychiatric hospitals, located in Mexico City. The scores of the patients were compared with those of Mexican college students, which is the largest Mexican normative sample collected to date, consisting of 813 men and 1,137 women. Results of this study show that the MMPI-2 can accurately differentiate between normal and non-normal groups in Mexican populations and demonstrate that the inventory maintains its construct validity in this clinical sample.
authors.affiliation: National University of Mexico (UNAM). melgm@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lucio
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durán
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Butcher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results