title: MMPI-2 scores of Puerto Rican, Mexican, and U.S. Latino college students: a research note.
abstract: In this brief report, we present MMPI-2 basic validity and clinical scale data of Latino-descent persons from Puerto Rico (n = 290), Mexico (n = 1,920), and the United States (n = 28). All were administered one of three Spanish translations of the MMPI-2. A review of the mean scores of these respective groups indicates similarities across all scales. Differences among these three groups, with the exception of the Mf scale (which is keyed to sex), were well within the one standard deviation band. More importantly, these findings are promising given the fact that three different translations of the MMPI-2 were applied.
authors.affiliation: Caribbean Center for Advanced Studies, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cabiya
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lucio
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chavira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castellanos
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Velasquez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology