title: MMPI-A performance of African and Mexican American adolescent first-time offenders.
abstract: 54 African and Mexican American adolescent first-time offenders were examined with the MMPI-A to evaluate ethnic differences. Multivariate analyses by ethnicity and MMPI-A scales (validity, clinical, content, and supplementary scales) were not significant; however, there was a significant univariate difference where African American adolescents scored significantly higher on the Repression scale than the Mexican American group. A greater percentage of within-normal-limits profiles were African American (50%) than Mexican American (25%). Research and clinical implications for using the MMPI-A with these groups are discussed.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, USA.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Velásquez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results