External Correlates of the MMPI-2-Restructured Form across a National Sample of Veterans

J Pers Assess. 2021 Jan-Feb;103(1):19-26. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2020.1732995. Epub 2020 Mar 6.

Abstract

This study examines the convergent validity of the substantive scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) in the Veteran Affairs (VA) population. The sample includes test protocols drawn from all administrations of the MMPI-2-RF or MMPI-2 entered into the electronic medical record system between January 1, 2008 and May 31, 2015 at any VA across the United States. After excluding invalid protocols, substantive scale scores were correlated with external measures of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder if they were administered within |14| days of the MMPI-2/-RF. Results supported the convergent validity of the MMPI-2-RF emotional dysfunction domain scores. Discriminant validity for the remaining MMPI-2-RF substantive scale scores was also adequate. Limitations and implications of these findings are discussed.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MMPI / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychometrics
  • Quality of Life / psychology
  • Reference Values
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology*
  • United States
  • Veterans / psychology*
  • Veterans Health Services / standards*