Development of a three-scale MMPI: The MMPI-TRI

Swanson, Steven C.; Templer, Donald I.; Thomas-Dobson, Shan; Cannon, W. Gary; Streiner, David L.; Reynolds, R.M.; Miller, Hubert

doi:10.1002/1097-4679(199505)51:3<361::aid-jclp2270510307>3.0.co;2-e

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“…The first indicator was the 20-item Acting Out subscale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-TRI (MMPI-TRI: Swanson, Templer, Streiner, Reynolds, & Miller, 1995). The MMPI-TRI is a shortened version of the MMPI/MMPI-2 self-report personality inventories.…”

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“…The MMPI-TRI is a shortened version of the MMPI/MMPI-2 self-report personality inventories. The MMPI-TRI has demonstrated construct validity with the full MMPI and has been normed with inmate and psychiatric populations (Swanson et al, 1995). Twenty acting-out items evidencing content validity and the highest point-biserial item-total correlations were retained for the shortened MMPI.…”

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Coercive and Prosocial Fathering, Antisocial Personality, and Growth in Children’s Postdivorce Noncompliance

DeGarmo

2010

Child Development

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The study employed multiple methods including direct observation of fathering behaviors and child noncompliance to better address our understanding of the quantity and quality of divorced father contact. A weighted county sample of 230 divorced-father families with a focal child aged 4 to 11 years was employed to test whether fathers' antisocial personality (ASP) moderated effects of monthly contact with children in predicting children's observed noncompliance over 18 months. Latent growth models obtained significant individual differences in levels of noncompliance and growth rates. ASP significantly moderated the beneficial impact of fathers' monthly contact. Fathers' observed parenting practices significantly predicted levels but not growth rates. Parenting did not account for the effect of Contact × ASP suggesting both environmental and potentially genetic influences on child adjustment. Findings were robust across boys and girls and age levels. Implications for preventive intervention are discussed.Recent representative findings are showing that fathers' involvement is beneficial for children following divorce; however, this influence is not beneficial if father contact is influenced or moderated by fathers' antisocial behaviors or antisocial personality (Coley & Medeiros, 2007; Jaffee & colleagues, 2003;King & Sobolewski, 2006). The existing research testing these effects has focused mainly on adolescents and little research has been done focusing on father's actual parenting behaviors in addition to fathers' amount of contact. The present study tests whether fathers' monthly contact following divorce is moderated by antisociality for younger children and whether parenting practices account for this relationship. Multiple methods were used including direct observation of fathering behaviors and child noncompliance to better address our understanding of the quantity and quality of divorced father contact. Father Involvement and Child Adjustment following DivorceA generative fathering perspective focuses on a positive growth-promoting model seeking to transcend the deficit model of men in families (Brotherson, Dollahite, & Hawkins, 2005;Hawkins & Dollahite, 1997). This perspective is particularly relevant for divorced fathers (Pasley & Minton, 1997) given that for some, the role of father may increase in importance and fathers may become more involved with their children; while for others, factors such as increased role strains, ambiguities over parenting, conflict with the former spouse, and lack of institutional and personal supports can contribute to decreases in father contact and postdivorce parenting (Braver, Wolchick, Sandler, Sheets, Fogas, & Bay, 1993;Stephens, 1996).Contributing to the pervasive dichotomy of the good-father bad-father is research on fathers' influence on children following divorce or separation. Studies on resident and nonresident NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript fathers (divorced and never married), have produced mixed findings sho...

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Coercive and Prosocial Fathering, Antisocial Personality, and Growth in Children’s Postdivorce Noncompliance

DeGarmo

2010

Child Development

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“…Antisocial characteristics and depression are also key covariates of effective parenting and conflict (Patterson, 1982; Patterson & Capaldi, 1991; Simons & Associates, 1996). Antisocial personality was measured with the Acting Out scale of the three‐scale Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI‐TRI; Swanson, Templer, Streiner, Reynolds, & Miller, 1995) consisting of 20 “yes/no” items (e.g., at times feel like picking a fight with someone, I can easily make people afraid of me and sometimes do it for fun, suspended from school one or more times, in trouble with the law, ODFS α= .81). Depressed mood was measured with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (Radloff, 1977), a 20‐item symptom‐oriented index (e.g., felt depressed, fearful, lonely) rated on a 4‐point scale indicating frequency during previous week, ranging from 0 ( rarely or none, 0 – 1 day ) to 3 ( most or all of the time, 5 – 7 da ys)(α= .88).…”

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Social Support for Divorced Fathers’ Parenting: Testing a Stress‐Buffering Model*

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Patras²,

Eap³

2008

Family Relations

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A stress-buffering hypothesis for parenting was tested in a county-representative sample of 218 divorced fathers. Social support for parenting (emergency and nonemergency child care, practical support, financial support) was hypothesized to moderate effects of stress (role overload, coparental conflict, and daily hassles) on fathers' quality parenting. No custody fathers relied more on relatives compared with custodial fathers, who relied more on new partners for parenting support. No differences by custody status were found on levels of support or parenting over time. Parenting support buffered effects of change in role overload and coparenting conflict on coercive parenting and buffered effects of change in daily hassles on prosocial parenting. Buffer effects were more predictive over time. Implications for practice and preventive intervention strategies are discussed.

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“…Fathers' Antisociality was measured with two self-report instruments: the 20-item Acting Out sub-scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–TRI (MMPI-TRI; Swanson, Templer, Streiner, Reynolds, & Miller, 1995) and the 12-item Agreeableness subscale from the NEO–Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI; Costa & McCrae, 1995). The MMPI-TRI is a shortened version of the MMPI/MMPI-2 self-report personality inventories.…”

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Patterns and Predictors of Growth in Divorced Fathers’ Health Status and Substance Use

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Health status and substance use trajectories are described over 18 months for a county sample of 230 divorced fathers of young children aged 4 to 11. One third of the sample was clinically depressed. Health problems, drinking, and hard drug use were stable over time for the sample, whereas depression, smoking, and marijuana use exhibited overall mean reductions. Variance components revealed significant individual differences in average levels and trajectories for health and substance use outcomes. Controlling for fathers' antisociality, negative life events, and social support, fathering identity predicted reductions in health-related problems and marijuana use. Father involvement reduced drinking and marijuana use. Antisociality was the strongest risk factor for health and substance use outcomes. Implications for application of a generative fathering perspective in practice and preventive interventions are discussed. Keywordsgeneral health and wellness; depression; alcohol use; drug use; divorced fathers Epidemiological evidence shows that divorce is linked to greater mental and physical health problems, including depression and anxiety (Bruce, 1998), and disproportionately high rates of vehicle accidents, alcoholism, suicide, and homicide (Blazer, Kessler, McGonagle, & Swartz, 1994;Bruce, 1998;Kitson & Morgan, 1990). Furthermore, recent evidence from the National Health Interview Survey indicates that health differentials between divorced and married adults have increased over the past three decades (Liu & Umberson, 2008). Many of these health disparities can be more severe for men. Divorced men are more likely than males of any other marital status to engage in health-compromising behaviors such as substance use and drinking and driving (Umberson & Williams, 1993), and the mortality rate differential between divorced and married men is greatest for causes of death involving behavioral components such as suicide and accidents (Koskinen & Martelin, 1994).Despite the growing evidence for health disparities in divorced men, little is known about factors associated with the health status of divorced fathers. Regarding substance use and abuse, research on alcohol and drug use with men has largely neglected the role of fathering and parenting roles (Parke, 2002;Phares, 2002), resulting in experts calling for a better understanding of how drug and alcohol abuse contributes to compromised fathering and in turn how father characteristics and stressors are associated with maintenance and growth in substance abuse over time (McMahon & Rounsaville, 2002). Given that men's health is Address correspondence to: David S. DeGarmo, PhD, Oregon Social Learning Center, 10 Shelton McMurphey Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97401-4928; e-mail: davidd@oslc.org. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptAm J Mens Health. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 March 1. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript inexorably linked to the health and well-being of women and children in families (Bonhomme, 2007), di...

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Development of a three-scale MMPI: The MMPI-TRI

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Coercive and Prosocial Fathering, Antisocial Personality, and Growth in Children’s Postdivorce Noncompliance

Coercive and Prosocial Fathering, Antisocial Personality, and Growth in Children’s Postdivorce Noncompliance

Social Support for Divorced Fathers’ Parenting: Testing a Stress‐Buffering Model*

Patterns and Predictors of Growth in Divorced Fathers’ Health Status and Substance Use

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