Examination of racial differences on the MMPI-2 clinical and restructured clinical scales in an outpatient sample.

Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9431219 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1073-1911 (Print) Linking ISSN: 10731911 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Assessment Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Original Publication: Odessa, Fla. : Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc., c1994-

Culture* ; MMPI* ; Mass Screening* ; Mental Health* ; Racial Groups*; Mental Disorders/*diagnosis; Adult ; Black or African American ; Female ; Humans ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Mental Disorders/epidemiology ; Outpatients ; Psychological Tests ; Regression Analysis ; United States/epidemiology ; White People ; Young Adult

The current study examined the possibility of differential predictive accuracy of selected Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Second Edition (MMPI-2) clinical and Restructured Clinical (RC) scales in a group of Black and White mental health center clients. Results indicate that Black clients scored higher than White clients on one non-K-corrected clinical scale and 4 RC scales. All these differences produced medium effect sizes and were clinically significant according to Greene's (1987) criterion. These differences, however, were not accompanied by differential predictive accuracy of the scales in Black versus White clients. Although additional research is needed, especially on the RC scales, this study indicates that the MMPI-2 is not a biased predictor of symptomatology for Black versus White test takers.

Date Created: 20080125 Date Completed: 20081205 Latest Revision: 20221207

20231215

10.1177/1073191107312735

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