title: Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: We identified empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales in 1,872 male and 498 female psychiatric inpatients drawn from 2 large tertiary care medical centers. We generated clinical criteria from a systematic review of the patients' intake and discharge medical records. We report zero order correlations between RC scales and clinical criteria and relative risk ratios for dichotomous variables. We found the RC scales to be correlated with conceptually relevant criteria such that for each scale, we identified significant increases in the risk for a variety of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral problems among individuals whose T score exceed 64.
authors.affiliation: Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. Paul.Arbisi@va.gov
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Arbisi
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sellbom
authors.forename: Yossef S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ben-Porath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D036262:Empirical Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk