The reviews by Rogers, Sewell, Harrison, and Jordan (2006/this issue), and by Nichols (2006/this issue) offer markedly contrasting appraisals of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales introduced by Tellegen et al. (2003). The one common feature is that both reviews draw on the same atypical MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) data set for their empirical analyse...

We investigated the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales (Tellegen et al., 2003) to determine if they had a more differentiated factor structure than the MMPI-2 Clinical scales. When factored alone, the RC scales had a 5-dimensional structure; the Clinical scales had 3 dimensions. When factored in combination with the Content scales, both sets of scales produced 5 dimensions. However, the R...

Multiple personality disorder (MPD) has at times been confused with both schizophrenia (SCHIZ) and borderlinepersonality disorder (BPD). In this study, 38patients withDSM-III-R diagnosis ofMPD (N = 16), SCHIZ (N = 11), or BPD (N = 11) were evaluated with a battery of structured interviews (SCID, DDIS) and psychometric tests (MMPI, MCMI, DES) in order to define distinguishing features among the ...

A modification of Kuethe's method for investigating social schemata in which 5s place magnets representing "mother," "father," and significant others on a board in relation to a centrally placed "self" magnet was administered along with the MMPI to 30 recently admitted female psychiatric patients. Distance between self and mother magnets was correlated with increased schizophrenia (Sc) and decr...

Uji Kompetensi Mahasiswa Pendidikan Profesi Dokter (UKMPPD) is an exit exam in medical education. If the participants did not pass this test, it turned out to cause accumulation of number retakers from time time. This study aims analysis predictors achievement results CBT UKMPPD which includes value report cards, TPA, MMPI, and Read Write Quran, GPA stage academic education, education professio...