MMPI correlates of Negro acculturation in a northern city.

Harrison, R. A.; Kass, Edward H.

doi:10.1037/h0026564

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“…Dozens of articles compared Blacks and Whites on the MMPI validity and clinical scales (reviewed in Dahlstrom, Lachar, & Dahlstrom, 1986; Greene, 1991). Many others attempted to document Black–White differences at the item level (Bertelson, Marks, & May, 1982; Costello, 1973, 1977; Gynther & Witt, 1976; Harrison & Kass, 1967, 1968; Jones, 1978; Miller, Knapp, & Daniels, 1968; Witt & Gynther, 1975).…”

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Using IRT to separate measurement bias from true group differences on homogeneous and heterogeneous scales: An illustration with the MMPI.

Waller¹,

Thompson²,

Wenk³

2000

Psychological Methods

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The authors present a didactic illustration of how item response theory (IRT) can be used to separate measurement bias from true group differences on homogeneous and heterogeneous scales. Several bias detection methods are illustrated with 12 unidimensional Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) factor scales (Waller, 1999) and the 13 multidimensional MMPI validity and clinical scales. The article begins with a brief review of MMPI bias research and nontechnical reviews of the 2-parameter logistic model (2-PLM) and several IRT-based methods for bias detection. A goal of this article is to demonstrate that homogeneous and heterogeneous scales that are composed of biased items do not necessarily yield biased test scores. To that end, the authors perform differential item- and test-functioning analyses on the MMPI factor, validity, and clinical scales using data from 511 Blacks and 1,277 Whites from the California Youth Authority.

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Using IRT to separate measurement bias from true group differences on homogeneous and heterogeneous scales: An illustration with the MMPI.

Waller¹,

Thompson²,

Wenk³

2000

Psychological Methods

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“…Most studies (e.g., Ball, 1960; Dahlstrom, Lachar, & Dahlstrom, 1986; Erdberg, 1969/1970; Harrison & Kass, 1967, 1968; King, Carroll, & Fuller, 1977; McDonald & Gynther, 1963; McGill, 1980) have compared the MMPI scores of African American samples with those of European Americans (see G. C. N. Hall, Bansal, & Lopez, 1999).…”

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Racial Identity and the MMPI in African American Male College Students.

Whatley¹,

Allen²,

Dana³

2003

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

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The relation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to the Racial Identity Attitude Scale--Black, Short Form (RIAS-B) was examined among 50 African American male college students in a reanalysis of unpublished MMPI data described in R. H. Dana (1993). This permitted study of relationships between MMPI scores and specific psychological variables hypothesized to produce cultural differences among African Americans. Results indicated RIAS-B scale scores functioned as predictors of MMPI scale scores. Similar research with the MMPI-2 incorporating larger samples that more adequately represent African American heterogeneity is needed. Methodological implications of these findings for MMPI-2 research with ethnic and racial groups are discussed, emphasizing the importance of research to depathologize African American racial and cultural identity.

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“…Their MMPI scores were intermediate between white Americans and Negroes in the South (Harrison and Kass, 1968). Support for the model of linear acculturation gradient was pro vided, too, by research on women at Katanga (Congo) coming from more or less acculturated settings (Leblanc, 1960) and by studies of West African high-school students compared with their peers in traditional settings (Omari, 1960).…”

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