MMPI-2-RF characteristics of custody evaluation litigants

Assessment. 2012 Mar;19(1):14-20. doi: 10.1177/1073191110397469. Epub 2011 Feb 2.

Abstract

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) is a 338-item objective self-report measure drawn from the 567 items of the MMPI-2. Although there is a substantial MMPI-2 literature regarding child custody litigants, there has been only one previously published study using MMPI-2-RF data in this population that focused on Validity scales L-r and K-r. The current study evaluated the MMPI-2-RF results of 344 child custody litigants and showed substantial consistency between T-score elevations typically found on MMPI-2 Validity scales L and K, and comparable elevations for MMPI-2-RF validity scales L-r and K-r. Mean T-scores well within normal limits characterized results for clinical scales on both instruments. The RC scale intercorrelation patterns, and alpha coefficient values found for MMPI-2-RF scales in a custody population, were also found to be very similar to those reported for other populations. Directions for future research are presented.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Child
  • Child Custody / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MMPI*
  • Male
  • Parenting
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Self Report
  • United States