HOW (NOT) TO EVALUATE THE COMPARABILITY OF MMPI AND MMPI-2 PROFILE CONFIGURATIONS - A REPLY TO HUMPHREY AND DAHLSTROM

Authors
BENPORATH YS TELLEGEN A
Citation
Ys. Benporath et A. Tellegen, HOW (NOT) TO EVALUATE THE COMPARABILITY OF MMPI AND MMPI-2 PROFILE CONFIGURATIONS - A REPLY TO HUMPHREY AND DAHLSTROM, Journal of personality assessment, 65(1), 1995, pp. 52-58
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social","Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Journal of personality assessment → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223891
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
52 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3891(1995)65:1<52:H(TETC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Humphrey and Dahlstrom (1995) presented a study on the comparability o f MMPI/MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) profiles in which they concluded that ''the bases for clinical interpr etation derived from the MMPI and MMPI-2 profiles were sufficiently at variance to require different conclusions'' [sic] (p. 2). In this bri ef critique, we identify procedural and data-analytical deficiencies t hat invalidate Humphrey and Dahlstrom's argument. Their blanket recomm endation based on this argument, namely, that clinicians routinely plo t both MMPI and MMPI-2 profiles, is unwarranted.