Short form MMPIs in medical consultation: Accuracy of the Hs-Hy dyad compared to the standard form
✍ Scribed by Phillip T. Griffin; Susan Danahy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
Rescored 114 MMPIs of back pain patients, using the FAM and MMPI-168 method to determine whether the Hs-HY dyad of individual rofiles fell into designated diagnostic brackets consistent with the standarg form MMPI.
The specified categories were T scores > 75, T scores between 65-74, T scores <65. Overall efficiency for both the FAM and the 168 was 66%. For the extreme scores the efficiency of both short forms ranged from 69 to 85%, but in the moderate range (65-74 T) efficiency fell to 21% and 30% for the FAM and 168, respectively. Differences between the two short forms were nonsignificant at a11 levels. Use of short form MMPIs where individual profile analysis is required in medical consultation is discouraged.