title: Convergent validity of the MCMI-III personality disorder scales and the MMPI-2 scales.
abstract: The MCMI-III personality disorder scales (Millon, 1994) were empirically validated in a sample of prisoners, psychiatric inpatients, and outpatients (N = 477). The scale intercorrelations were congruent with those obtained by Millon, Davis, and Millon (1997). We conclude that our Flemish/Dutch version shows no significant differences with the original version of the MCMI-III as far as intercorrelations are concerned. Convergent validity of the MCMI-III personality disorder scales was evaluated by the correlational data between the MCMI-III personality disorder scales and the MMPI-2 clinical (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) and personality disorder (Somwaru & Ben-Porath, 1995) scales. Improved convergence was obtained compared with previous versions of the MCMI-I. Only the compulsive MCMI-III personality disorder scale remains problematic. The scale even showed negative correlations with some of the related clinical scales and with the corresponding personality disorder scales of the MMPI-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Personality and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. grossi@vub.ac.be
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Van den Brande
authors.forename: An
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tobac
authors.forename: Hedwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sloore
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hauben
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires