Mexican American Adolescents' Performance on the MMPI-A

Effects of student ethnicity on judgments of ADHD symptoms among Hispanic and White teachers.

“…Clearly, the role of acculturation in cross-cultural research appeared to have influenced the results of this investigation. Previous research studies have found a relationship between lower levels of acculturation and higher scores (more pathological ratings) on rating scales (Negy, Leal-Puente, Trainor, & Carlson, 1997, Negy & Woods, 1993; however, these differences can be reduced or eliminated if acculturation is controlled statistically (Montgomery, Arnold, & Orozco, 1990;Whitworth, 1988). Both studies utilizing rating scales (i.e., MMPI) revealed that the reported differences between Mexican Americans and Anglos were suppressed by statistically controlling acculturation.…”

Journal of Personality Assessment: 60 Years

“…In recent years, contributors to JPA have been more aware of the need for multicultural studies, but there is still much to be done (Dana, 1996). Although a review of all issues of JPA for the last 5 years might reveal a greater proportion of studies on minority groups, we suggest that researchers consider documenting the psychometric properties of old and new assessment tests or methods with diverse groups to avoid malung inappropriate assumptions and diagnoses (see Negy et al, 1997). For example, a recent Rorschach study reporting local norms for individuals living in Fresno, California, revealed significant differences between Exner's (1993) adult normative data and the Fresno data (Shaffer, Erdberg, & Haroian, 1998).…”

“…There were a variety of personality characteristics examined with new and old tests: a sociocultural measure of young women's experience with body weight and shape (Delaney, O'Keefe, & Skene, 1997); perfectionism and interpersonal problems (Hill, Zrull, & Turlington, 1997); guilt and mental health, prosocial behavior, and religiosity (Quiles & Bybee, 1997); positive and negative affectivity (Chen, Dai, Spector, & Jex, 1997); alcoholism and word association profiles (Cecero & Karp, 1997); and impression management and the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Furnham, 1997). Test characteristics were also explored: the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Test-2 (MMPI-2) and premature termination (Chisholm, Crowther, & Ben-Porath, 1997); the psychometric properties of the McGill revision of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (2 articles; Santor, Zuroff, Mongrain, &Fielding, 1997); and the MMPI-Adolescent with Mexican American adolescents (Negy, Leal-Puente, Trainor, & Carlson, 1997).…”

The Hispanic MMPI‐A across five countries

“…Negy, Leal-Puente, Trainor, and Carlson (1997) administered the MMPI-A to 120 Mexican-American adolescents from the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Their sample's means differed minimally from the standard norms with the highest discrepancy on scales TRIN, Ma, and A-cyn.…”