An Evaluation of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A True Response Inconsistency (TRIN) Scales

Autor/inn/en	Handel, Richard W.; Arnau, Randolph C.; Archer, Robert P.; Dandy, Kristina L.
Titel	An Evaluation of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A True Response Inconsistency (TRIN) Scales
Quelle	In: Assessment, 13 (2006) 1, S.98-106 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-1911
DOI	10.1177/1073191105284453
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Protocol Analysis; Effect Size; Personality Measures; Gender Differences; Data Analysis; Test Theory; Methods Research; Program Effectiveness; Item Sampling; Objective Tests; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geschlechterkonflikt; Auswertung; Testtheorie; Methodenforschung; Objektiver Test
Abstract	The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--Adolescent (MMPI-A) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (MMPI-2) True Response Inconsistency (TRIN) scales are measures of acquiescence and nonacquiescence included among the standard validity scales on these instruments. The goals of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of these scales in detecting varying degrees of acquiescence and nonacquiescence and to evaluate cutoff scores for clinical use. After the removal of invalid protocols from the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A normative samples, each normative sample was randomly divided in half. For each measure, one half of the normative sample served as a comparison group and the other half was modified with increasing degrees (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%) of randomly inserted true or false responses. The results for a 9.1% base rate of acquiescence or nonacquiescence provide support for TRIN cutoff scores at or near those presented in the MMPI-A and MMPI-2 manuals. (Contains 8 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10