The MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) is replacing the MMPI-2 as the most widely used personality test in neuropsychological assessment, but additional validation studies are needed. Our study examines MMPI-2-RF Validity scales and the newly created Somatic/Cognitive scales in a recently reported sample of 82 traumatic brain injury (TBI) litigants who either pass...

INTRODUCTION The main objective of the present study is to review the psychological profile of female patients with borderline personality disorder in the women referring to the Centers of Counseling and Psychological Services at Isfahan city based on MMPI-2 test and comparing them with ordinary women. METHOD The present study is of the type of cause-comparative and the selection of examinees...

In order to understand patterns of respondents on validity and clinical scales, this study analyzed archival Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2s (MMPI-2s) produced by 192 women and 14 men who initiated legal claims of ongoing emotional harm related to workplace sexual harassment and discrimination. The MMPI-2s were administered as a part of a comprehensive psychiatric forensic evalua...

This study investigated the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Revised (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) with regard to each instrument's utility for discriminating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from depression and social phobia in a sample of college students with mixed civilian trauma ex...

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been found to be at a higher risk for a number of mental and physical health problems. In addition to these problems, people with PTSD are more likely than those without PTSD to experience problems with pain. The purpose of this study was to determine the psychological profile of veterans with PTSD and chronic pain and its comparison with p...

5s were 68 pairs of adolescent twins from the public schools of an urban area. They comprised 60% of the same-sexed twin population. Zygosity diagtlosis was detennined by blood grouping for 9 groups; half of the sample was identical (MZ) and half was fraternal (DZ). Personality was assessed by the MMPI and Cattell's HSPQ. 24 standard scaies were analyzed by intraclass correlations (R) and herit...

A single-subject design was used to investigate the impact of a dietary change on the emotional state of four individuals selected by means of the Behavioral Index of Metabolic Imbalance and a subsequent interview. The dietary change for three subjects consisted of a high protein-low carbohydrate diet void of sucrose and caffeine, whereas only caffeine and sucrose were eliminated for the fourth...

In this study, an attempt is made to discover the individual psychological characteristics of a modern young gambler. Gambling considered as pathological tendency gambling. The study involved 40 people aged 16 28, 20 boys and girls, regular visitors gaming computer clubs. 26 participants spend more than 3 hours day in game. was conducted during Covid-19 epidemic. purpose describe portrait At sa...

The aim of the study was to describe the psychological profile, as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), of 921 substance dependent clients assessed after five weeks admission to a Therapeutic Community (TC). Overall, the profile of the sample showed prominent peaks reflecting character disorder (high psychopathic deviate [Pd]) and disturbed thinking and affect...