Concurrent validity of the MCMI-II modifier indices

✍ Scribed by Psy. D. Mark A. Blais; Kenneth B. Benedict; Dennis K. Norman

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 497 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(199511)51:6<783::aid-jclp2270510609>3.0.co;2-8

✦ Synopsis

The relationships between the three Modifier Indices (Disclosure X, Desirability Y, and Debasement Z) of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-I1 (MCMI-11) and the validity and clinical scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) were explored. A sample of 125 psychiatric inpatients was administered both personality measures within 7 days of admission. The pattern of Pearson correlation coefficients and principal component factors was seen as generally supporting the validity of the three MCMI-I1 Modifier Indices. However, the Disclosure and Debasement Indices were highly intercorrelated and similar in their MMPI-2 associations. The Desirability Index functioned in a more unique manner and demonstrated both convergent and divergent relationships with MMPI-2 Validity and Clinical scales.