Mmpi-2 Profiles of Colombian, Mexican, and Venezuelan University Students

BOSCAN, DEISY CRISTINA

doi:10.2466/pr0.87.5.107-110

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“…The greatest value of T-points of scales of the basic profile corresponds to scale F -77.13±2.00T (Figure 1). Such a high value of the profile level indicator on F scale may show unreliable answers or sometimes the need for self-expression among young people with low critical thinking, uncomfortable views, and tendency to conflict behavior (Boscan, Penn, Velasquez, Reimann, Gomez, Guzman, Berry, Infantes, Jaramillo & Romero, 2000). The values of the other T-points of the basic profile are within the upper limit of the norm.…”

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“…There is a relevance of training issues in a lot of studies (Boscan, Penn, Velasquez, Reimann, Gomez, Guzman, Berry, Infantes, Jaramillo & Romero, 2000;Prosvirina, Tikhonov & Novikov, 2018;Baurina, 2016). It is shown that students of engineering specialties are characterized by a focus on success and achievement of maximum results in different fields of life and the integration of its various styles.…”

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Psychological Features of the Personality of Students of Different Specialties

Tarabrina¹,

Grabovskaya²,

Tikhonov³

et al. 2020

IJHE

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The objective of the article is the correspondence of individual and typological features of the student to the chosen direction, which promotes successful adaptation to study at the university and readiness for future professional activity. The aim is to reveal psychological features of personality of students: doctors, engineers, and jurists. Materials and methods are the following: 180 students of 1-3 year (17-25 years old): future doctors (n=80), jurists (n=50), and engineers (n=50). We studied the psychological characteristics of personality. The program «Mini-mult» of the medical diagnostic hardware and software complex «Biomysh Research» («Neurolab», Russia) was used. The statistical analysis was performed by parametric method using the Student's t-test.The results are the following: students of different specialties have intergroup and individual differences in neurodynamic and cognitive functions. The most significant difference was found on scales 1, 2, 6, 7 (р˂0.05-0.01). The personality pattern of students (future doctors and jurists) has a «peak», three-phase pattern, and no reliable differences between the contrasting ones. The average psychological profile of the personality of students, future engineers is «linear», all its indicators are between 45T and 55T. Such profile is found in persons referred to the concordant norm.Conclusions are the following: students of all studied groups are characterized by high openness and desire to present themselves in a more favorable light on indicators of three evaluation scales (L, F, K). The psychological profiles of doctors and jurists are similar. Contrasting «peaks» are on scales of hysteria, paranoia and schizoidity. It testifies to constant dissatisfaction and indomitable aspiration to the set goal. Determination, flexibility of behavior with low level of anxiety, and confidence in decision making are inherent in future doctors and jurists. Engineering students are confident, satisfied with themselves and their surroundings, sociable, optimistic, and cheerful. However, their level of anxiety is higher than the level of jurists. It is recommended to create a system of organizational and pedagogical conditions for the formation and development of «western components of professional mobility» for students of various specialties.

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Psychological Features of the Personality of Students of Different Specialties

Tarabrina¹,

Grabovskaya²,

Tikhonov³

et al. 2020

IJHE

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“…Additionally, intelligence quotient, social status, and occupational status correlations influence the values reached in inmate population personality profiles (Holcomb & Adams, ; Holcomb, Adams, & Ponder, ; McDonald & Paitich, ). Culture and nationality are also sources of variability in the criminal personality (Boscán et al ., ; Catalá‐Miñana, Walker, Bowen, & Lila, ). More research is required to explain the relation among these variables with the groups studied here.…”

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Characterising the Personality of the Public Safety Offender and Non‐offender using Decision Trees: The Case of Colombia

Masías

Valle

Amar

et al. 2016

Journal Invest Psychology

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The aim of this paper was to create a decision tree (DT) to identify personality profiles of offenders against public safety. A technique meeting this requirement was proposed that uses the C4.5 algorithm to derive decision rules for personality profiling of public safety offenders. The Mini-Mult test was used to measure the personality profiles of 238 individuals. With the test results as our database, a C4.5 DT was applied to construct rules that classify each profile into one of two groups, those without and those with records of offences against public safety. The model correctly classified 80% of the personality profiles and delivered a set of decision rules for distinguishing the profiles by group, and the principal personality profiles were interpreted. We conclude that DTs are a promising technique for analysing personality profiles by their offender or non-offender status. Finally, we believe that the development of a classifying model using DT may have practical applications in the Colombian prison syste

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“…Similarly, there are several Spanish-language versions of the MMPI-2 (e.g., for Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, and the United States). Three published studies have used Spanish-language versions of the MMPI-2 developed for countries other than the United States with U.S. populations (Bosca ´n et al, 2000;Whitworth, 1988).…”

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Professionally responsible test selection for Spanish-speaking clients: A four-step approach for identifying and selecting translated tests.

Fernandez

Boccaccini

Noland

2007

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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As the Spanish-speaking population grows in the United States, the number of psychologists asked to conduct psychological evaluations of Spanish-speaking clients is likely to increase. Although Spanishlanguage translations of many psychological tests are being sold by major test publishing companies, many of these tests have little or no research supporting their use with Spanish-speaking U.S. residents. Psychologists must carefully consider the level of research support for translated tests before using them with Spanish-speaking clients. This article provides a 4-step approach to assist practitioners in making professionally responsible decisions about using translated tests. The authors provide an example of this approach by reviewing the current state of research support for translated tests designed to assess personality and psychopathology in adults.

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Mmpi-2 Profiles of Colombian, Mexican, and Venezuelan University Students

Cited by 5 publications

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Psychological Features of the Personality of Students of Different Specialties

Psychological Features of the Personality of Students of Different Specialties

Characterising the Personality of the Public Safety Offender and Non‐offender using Decision Trees: The Case of Colombia

Professionally responsible test selection for Spanish-speaking clients: A four-step approach for identifying and selecting translated tests.

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