title: MMPI-2-RF characteristics of custody evaluation litigants.
abstract: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) is a 338-item objective self-report measure drawn from the 567 items of the MMPI-2. Although there is a substantial MMPI-2 literature regarding child custody litigants, there has been only one previously published study using MMPI-2-RF data in this population that focused on Validity scales L-r and K-r. The current study evaluated the MMPI-2-RF results of 344 child custody litigants and showed substantial consistency between T-score elevations typically found on MMPI-2 Validity scales L and K, and comparable elevations for MMPI-2-RF validity scales L-r and K-r. Mean T-scores well within normal limits characterized results for clinical scales on both instruments. The RC scale intercorrelation patterns, and alpha coefficient values found for MMPI-2-RF scales in a custody population, were also found to be very similar to those reported for other populations. Directions for future research are presented.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: Leigh D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Hagan
authors.forename: Janelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Handel
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Archer
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002655:Child Custody / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D014481:United States