MMPI-2 performance of Mexican male university students and prison inmates |
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Authors: | Boscan Deisy C Penn Nolan E Velasquez Roberto J Savino Aimee V Maness Paula Guzman Miguel Reimann Joe |
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Institution: | School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA. |
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Abstract: | In this study, we compared the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) performance of male university students and incarcerated criminal offenders in Mexico. Our aim was to determine whether the MMPI-2 can effectively differentiate between these two distinct groups on scales that are reflective of antisocial behaviors. Our expectations were highly confirmed across the three sets of scales that we considered: the validity and clinical, content, and supplementary scales. Criminal offenders obtained higher or more pathological scores on such scales as Infrequency (F), Schizophrenia (Sc), MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC-R), Fears (FRS), and so on. Overall, these findings support further research with such target populations as prison inmates in Mexico and other countries in Latin America. |
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