SUBTLETY OF THE MMPI-2 DEPRESSION SCALE - A SUBJECT LAID TO REST

This study was designed to examine the relative validity of the Wiener -Harmon Depression-Obvious (D-O) and Depression-Subtle (D-S) subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. With samples of psychiatric outpatients classified as depressed (n = 31) and nondepre ssed (n = 44) on the basis of extensive diagnostic interviews, criteri on validity was supported for overall Scale 2 scores, as well as those based on the D-O subscale. Concurrent validity was upheld when Scale 2 and the D-O subscale were compared with a standard criterion indicat or of depression. Results failed to support the validity of the D-S su bscale as a measure of depression in psychiatric outpatients.