title: MMPI-2 performance of Mexican male university students and prison inmates.
abstract: In this study, we compared the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) performance of male university students and incarcerated criminal offenders in Mexico. Our aim was to determine whether the MMPI-2 can effectively differentiate between these two distinct groups on scales that are reflective of antisocial behaviors. Our expectations were highly confirmed across the three sets of scales that we considered: the validity and clinical, content, and supplementary scales. Criminal offenders obtained higher or more pathological scores on such scales as Infrequency (F), Schizophrenia (Sc), MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC-R), Fears (FRS), and so on. Overall, these findings support further research with such target populations as prison inmates in Mexico and other countries in Latin America.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
authors.forename: Deisy C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Boscan
authors.forename: Nolan E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Penn
authors.forename: Roberto J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Velasquez
authors.forename: Aimee V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Savino
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maness
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reimann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*