MMPI-2 performance of Mexican male university students and prison inmates.
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.
Boscan
Deisy C
DC
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
Penn
Nolan E
NE
Velasquez
Roberto J
RJ
Savino
Aimee V
AV
Maness
Paula
P
Guzman
Miguel
M
Reimann
Joe
J
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*