title: Correlates of the MMPI-2-RF in a college setting.
abstract: The current study examined empirical correlates of scores on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; A. Tellegen & Y. S. Ben-Porath, 2008; Y. S. Ben-Porath & A. Tellegen, 2008) scales in a college setting. The MMPI-2-RF and six criterion measures (assessing anger, assertiveness, sex roles, cognitive failures, social avoidance, and social fear) were administered to 846 college students (nmen = 264, nwomen = 582) to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of scores on the MMPI-2-RF Specific Problems and Interest scales. Results demonstrated evidence of generally good convergent score validity for the selected MMPI-2-RF scales, reflected in large effect size correlations with criterion measure scores. Further, MMPI-2-RF scale scores demonstrated adequate discriminant validity, reflected in relatively low comparative median correlations between scores on MMPI-2-RF substantive scale sets and criterion measures. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Science, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47304, USA. jdforbey@bsu.edu
authors.forename: Johnathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Forbey
authors.forename: Tayla T C
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Handel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001242:Assertiveness; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult