Effects of Scoring Norms on Adolescent Psychiatric Patients' MMPI Profiles

1 February 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment

Vol. 40 (1) , 13-17
https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4001_3

Abstract

Effects of employing standard adult and age-appropriate norms on the profile elevation, patterning and classification of adolescent patients' MMPI profiles were examined. More elevated and more often psychotic profiles were obtained with adult norms. Some sex differences were observed, but patient race was not an important source of profile variation.

Keywords

SEX DIFFERENCES
SCORING NORMS
ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC
MMPI PROFILES
PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS
CLASSIFICATION
RACE

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