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Scale test–retest correlations and agreement rates were quantified for Basic, Supplementary, and Content scales, and profile shape similarity was assessed via Pearson correlations across T-score pairs. 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Munley  \nWestern Michigan University and  \nVeterans Affairs Medical Center  \nBattle Creek, Michigan  \nThis study investigated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI–2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) scale and profile comparablilty for MMPI–2 profiles completed on 2 separate occasions by mental health patients receiving treatment at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (n = 114). Patients were predominantly men (96.5%), with an average age of 44.08 and an average of 12.39 years of education at the time of initial testing. MMPI–2 tests were completed on 2 separate occasions as a routine part of treatment with a mean interval between test administrations of 688 days. Findings were analyzed for the complete sample and for 3 subsamples with different test–retest intervals. MMPI–2 scale test–retest correlation coefficients for the entire sample ranged from .48 to .69 for the Basic scales, .49 to .80 for the Supplementary scales, and .56 to .78 for the Content scales with scale high-point agreement = 38.60%, high 2-point agreement = 16.67%, and high 3-point agreement = 19.30%. High-point agreement for subsets of participants with well-defined high points, 2-points and 3-points was 41.07%, 27.50%, and 25.93% respectively. Pearson r correlation coefficients for T scores across the Basic scales for pairs of profiles averaged .78, suggesting similarity of profile shape across testing occasions. MMPI–2 profiles were also examined in relation to Skinner and Jackson’s 3 modal MMPI profile types.  \nGiven the widespread use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI–2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) as a measure of personality and psychopathology, information on the comparablilty of test scale scores and profile configurations overtime is of interest and importance toclinicians. Research on the temporal stability of the MMPI and MMPI–2 has studied both the test–retest correlations of profile scales and the configural comparability  \n146 MUNLEY  \nof scale high points and code types, often with normal populations to evaluate the test–retest reliability.  \nWith the publication of the MMPI–2, research was conducted that was relevant to the issue of the comparablilty of profile characteristics across the MMPI and MMPI–2 in the context of profile stability with the MMPI. Ben-Porath and Butcher (1989) investigated the comparablilty of MMPI and MMPI–2 scales and profile characteristics in a sample of college students who either took the original MMPI twice or the original MMPI and then the MMPI–2 for comparison purposes. The average interval between test administrations was 9 days. They found that differences between profiles obtained by participants who completed the original and revised MMPI–2 did not exceed differences obtained by those completing the original MMPI twice. In this study the percentage of participants obtaining the same high point was approximately 54% in the original–original comparison and 59% in the original–revised comparison. In the comparison of high two-point scales, agreement was around 35% for men and 44% for women in the original–original comparison group, and 36% for men and 31% for women in the original–revised comparison.  \nUtilizing a design similar to Ben-Porath and Butcher’s (1989), Chojnacki and Walsh (1992) investigated the scores and profile configural characteristics among college students who also took the original MMPI twice or completed the MMPI and the MMPI–2 at a 1-week test–retest interval. Test–retest correlations across Basic scales for participants who took the original MMPI twice ranged from .69 to.86 for men and .61 to .89 for women. Correlations across the Basic scales for participants completing the MMPI and MMPI–2 ranged from .55 to .88 for men and.59 to .88 for","cbCaifse2MEqlud6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifse2MEqlud6","pdf",76113,17,"English","# Comparability of MMPI-2 Scales and Profiles Over Time\n## Study purpose and sample\n## Test–retest reliability results\n## Related prior research and comparisons","[{\"question\":\"What was the main goal of the study on MMPI-2 profiles?\",\"answer\":\"To investigate the comparability of MMPI–2 scale scores and profile characteristics over time across two testing occasions.\"},{\"question\":\"How many participants were included, and what was the testing interval?\",\"answer\":\"The sample included 114 patients, with a mean interval of 688 days between test administrations.\"},{\"question\":\"How were reliability and agreement evaluated in the study?\",\"answer\":\"Reliability was assessed using test–retest correlations for Basic, Supplementary, and Content scales and agreement rates for high-point, two-point, and three-point profiles, along with Pearson correlations for T-score profile shape.\"}]","Comparability of MMPI-2 Scales and Profiles Over Time | PDF",43]