Construct validity of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ‐2‐Restructured Form scale scores in correctional settings

This study focused on establishing construct validity of the MMPI‐2‐RF in offender samples from a broad personality framework. Two samples of incarcerated men and women completed a battery of broadband personality measures and narrowband measures that capture conceptually related constructs. To examine how MMPI‐2‐RF scale scores and criterion measures converged in a conjoint latent structure, we conducted a series of exploratory structural equation model ling analyses, which revealed factors similar to those of extant hierarchical personality models. At the broadband level, four factors (Positive Activation, Negative Affectivity, Inhibition and Agreeableness) were observed, whereas narrowband criteria yielded five factors (Behavioural Approach Syste m, Disinhibition/Externalizing, Danger/Thrill Seeking, Self‐Assurance/Boldness, and Unemotionality/Coldheartedness). MMPI‐2‐RF scale scores converged with the personality/psychopathology models in a theoretically expected manner. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed. © 2020 John Wiley& Sons, Ltd.

Source: Personality and Mental Health - March 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessica L. Tylicki, Tasha R. Phillips, Yossef S. Ben ‐Porath, Martin Sellbom Tags: Research Article Source Type: research