title: A comparison of the MCMI-III personality disorder and modifier indices with the MMPI-2 clinical and validity scales.
abstract: In this study, we examined the relationship of the MCMI-III (Millon, Davis, & Millon, 1997; Millon, Millon, & Davis, 1994) modifier indices and personality disorder scales to the validity and basic clinical scales of the MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989). The MCMI-III modifier indices highly correlated with all of the MMPI-2 validity scales except for the F(p) scale. Similarly, the MCMI-III personality disorder scales strongly covaried with the MMPI-2 validity and clinical scales except for the F(p) and 5 (Mf) scales. A factor analysis with Promax rotation revealed substantial relationships between the MMPI-2 and MCMI-III. However, the MMPI-2 F(p) scale did not tend to correlate with MMPI-2 or MCMI-III scales, indicating that F(p) scale variance was largely independent of other scales. The results suggest that clinicians should consider the interrelationship between personality characteristics and dissimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH 44106-5000, USA. Michael.Schoenberg@uhhs.com
authors.forename: Mike R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: Darwin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dorr
authors.forename: C Don
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory