title: Psychometric Examination, Adaptation, and Evaluation of the Hebrew Translation of the MMPI-2-RF VRIN-r and TRIN-r Validity Scales.
abstract: In this study we examined the utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011; Tellegen & Ben-Porath, 2008/2011) Variable Response Inconsistency-Revised (VRIN-r) and True Response Inconsistency-Revised (TRIN-r) scales, including alternative versions of the scales, in the Hebrew translation of the test. First, we examined the applicability of the U.S. VRIN-r and TRIN-r scales in an Israeli Hebrew-speaking mixed clinical sample, and replaced original item pairs that did not meet the development criteria with substitution item pairs that did. Then, using the Israeli normative sample and a pure clinical sample, we compared the psychometric functioning of the adapted Hebrew-language VRIN-r and TRIN-r scales with that of the original versions of these scales under various conditions of simulated non-content-based (random and fixed) responding. Overall, results showed that the adapted versions of the scales did not improve on the original ones. We therefore recommend using the U.S. VRIN-r and TRIN-r versions, which could also facilitate cross-cultural comparisons.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Kent State University.
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shkalim
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Kent State University.
authors.forename: Yossef S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ben-Porath
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Eastern Virginia Medical School.
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Handel
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , University of Haifa , Israel.
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almagor
authors.affiliation: d Department of Psychology , University of Minnesota.
authors.forename: Auke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tellegen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014177:Translations