title: The MMPI-2 in sexual harassment and discrimination litigants.
abstract: In order to understand patterns of respondents on validity and clinical scales, this study analyzed archival Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2s (MMPI-2s) produced by 192 women and 14 men who initiated legal claims of ongoing emotional harm related to workplace sexual harassment and discrimination. The MMPI-2s were administered as a part of a comprehensive psychiatric forensic evaluation of the claimants' current psychological condition. All validity and clinical scale scores were manually entered into the computer, and codetype and cluster analyses were obtained. Among the women, 28% produced a "normal limits" profile, providing no MMPI-2 support for their claims of ongoing emotional distress. Cluster analysis of the validity scales of the remaining profiles produced four distinctive clusters of profiles representing different approaches to the test items.
authors.affiliation: blong@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Steven V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rouse
authors.forename: R Owen
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Nelsen
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Butcher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology