MMPI-3 Assessment of Externalizing Psychopathology in Targeted Community and University Samples.

ABSTRACT: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) scales that are designed to assess various forms of externalizing psychopathology have received relatively little research attention to date. The goal of this investigation was therefore to examine the validity of these MMPI-3 scales in the measurement of the externalizing spectrum. A community sample (n = 206) with high levels of externalizing psychopathology and a university sample (n = 645) were used. The former sample was administered structured clinical interviews for various forms of externalizing psychopathology, whereas the student sample completed the Externalizing Spectrum Inventory-160. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to operationalize the externalizing spectrum using each set of measures. The results

SUBMITTER: Sellbom M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12397539 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature