Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ377306
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Ability of Alcoholics to Escape Detection by the MMPI.
Otto, Randy K,; And Others
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v56 n3 p452-57 Jun 1988
Evaluated alcohol-dependent inpatients and nonalcoholic controls on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) twice: once under instructions to answer honestly, and once under dissimulation instructions. Showed 80 percent predictability of alcoholism under honest conditions, and significantly more benign profiles in the dissimulation condition. Found the Positive Malingering and Social Desirability dissimulation scales most effective at detecting deceptive profiles. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Males, Patients, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Profiles, Social Desirability, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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