Hovey's 5-item MMPI scale and psychiatric patients

✍ Scribed by George Siskind

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 78 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(197601)32:1<50::aid-jclp2270320112>3.0.co;2-n

✦ Synopsis

Despite results that indicate that some of the Hovey items discriminate between brain-damaged and non-brain-damaged psychiatric patients, Upper and Seeman(2), Watson(3), and Black") all question the clinical utility of the scale. The questionable utility is a reflection of the number of false negatives and positives in each of the above studies. This is a report of an attempt to validate the 5-item scale for use with a particular population, adult inpatients in Larue D. Carter Hospital. The hospital serves as an intensive treatment center for adults with acute disorders rather than chronic, long-term disorders.