title: Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in mental health, forensic, and nonclinical settings: an introduction.
abstract: We introduce 3 studies of the empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: a study by Arbisi, Sellbom, and Ben-Porath (2008/this issue) that expands the range of correlates of the RC scale in mental health settings; an investigation by Sellbom, Ben-Porath, Baum, Erez, and Gregory (2008/this issue) of the empirical correlates of the scales in a forensic setting; and a study by Forbey and Ben-Porath (2008/this issue) examining convergent and discriminant validities of the RC scale in a nonclinical setting. To serve as a general introduction to the 3 new empirical studies presented in this special section, we begin with a review of the existing literature on the RC scales and briefly describe these studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA. ybenpora@kent.edu
authors.forename: Yossef S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ben-Porath
authors.forename: Auke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tellegen
mesh_terms: D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D036262:Empirical Research; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology