Comparison of the Mexican and American norms of the MMPI-2

This article presents the results of the norms for the Mexican general popu lation in comparison with the North American normative population. This stu dy addresses psychopathology from the point of view in which emic and etic traditions are combined. The Mexican sample includes 1744 adults from diffe rent regions of the country. Means and standard deviations were calculated and compared with the North-American normative sample, Cronbach alpha coeff icients also were obtained. The greatest differences observed were in the s cales L (lies) and 5 (masculinity-femininity), which indicates that the gre ater distinctions between both populations are with respect to test-taking attitude in taking the test, which may be due to cultural factors. In compa rison to the American norms, the Mexican population does not show psychopat hology on the MMPI-2 scales. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.