He. Hutton et Mh. Miner, THE VALIDATION OF THE MEGARGEE-BOHN TYPOLOGY IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND CAUCASIAN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC-PATIENTS, Criminal justice and behavior, 22(3), 1995, pp. 233-245
This study examined whether the Megargee MMPI typology had differentia
l validity for African American and Caucasian forensic psychiatric inp
atients. We compared 516 African American and Caucasian patients in ou
r four most common Megargee types across demographic, clinical, and fo
rensic variables. Our findings indicate that the profile descriptions
of types Charlie, Delta, How, and Item cannot be applied with equal co
nfidence to African American and Caucasian forensic patients. Although
certain demographic factors did not differ across ethnic groups, ther
e were differences in clinical/forensic and hospital assault variables
. In addition, the Caucasian sample showed the expected pattern of ass
ociations, whereas the African American sample did not.