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MMPI-2 and MCMI-III scores among dutch inpatient substance abusers: Assessing correspondence and cross-cultural equivalence

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The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-II and MCMI-III) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) were applied to 263 Dutch inpatient substance abusers with multiple psychiatric diagnoses, and the results compared with those of 306 North-American substance abusers studied by Ward (1995). We looked for structural similarity both across groups (per instrument) and across the two instruments (per sample), using principal components analysis and congruence analysis. The component structure found by Ward was partly replicated in the Dutch group, thus cross-validating the use of the two instruments with these patients. Moreover, as found by Ward, the MMPI-2 content and supplementary scales of the Dutch sample proved to be important determinants of the first three MMPI-2 components, adding to convergent validity. Questions remained about the influence of the (dis)continuity of MCMI-II and MCMI-III on the replicability of the MCMI components.

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    Jos Egger, Hubert De Mey, Jan Derksen & Cees Van Der Staak

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Egger, J., De Mey, H., Derksen, J. et al. MMPI-2 and MCMI-III scores among dutch inpatient substance abusers: Assessing correspondence and cross-cultural equivalence. Curr Psychol 22, 117–124 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-003-1002-x

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