title: Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a nonclinical setting.
abstract: We examined the empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC; Tellegen et al., 2003) scales in a nonclinical setting. We administered 12 criterion measures assessing variables expected to be associated differentially with the RC Scales along with the MMPI-2 to a sample of 1,038 college students (Men, N = 407; Women, N = 631). Criteria included measures of somatization, depression, Machiavellian negativism, drug and alcohol abuse, anger, anxiety, social phobias, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, magical ideation, perceptual aberration, lability, and impulsivity. Results demonstrate good convergent and discriminant validity for the RC scales and add to a growing body of empirical correlates of these scales.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. jdforbey@bsu.edu
authors.forename: Johnathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Forbey
authors.forename: Yossef S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ben-Porath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D036262:Empirical Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*