title: Assessing Old Order Amish outpatients with the MCMI-III.
abstract: In this study, we examined Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III; Millon, 2009) characteristics in an Old Order Amish outpatient sample (n = 166), with a comparison group of Old Order Amish who were not receiving mental health treatment at the time of testing (n = 80). We also graphically compared the 2 Amish groups to a non-Amish psychiatric sample in the literature. Consistent with our hypotheses, the Old Order Amish outpatients scored significantly higher than the Old Order Amish comparison group on the majority of MCMI-III scales, with mostly medium effect sizes, suggesting that the MCMI-III is a useful personality instrument in discriminating between Old Order Amish clinical and nonclinical groups. In addition, the Amish outpatients scored similar to a non-Amish psychiatric sample in the literature on most personality scales. Future MCMI-III studies with the Amish are needed to replicate and generalize our findings.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Staff, Philhaven Hospital, Mount Gretna, PA 17064, USA. jknabb@philhaven.org
authors.forename: Joshua J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Knabb
authors.forename: Ronald G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Vogt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009289:Narcissism; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult