The Variability of Individuals Scores Upon Successive Testings on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Layton, Wilbur L.

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“…Most of the research associating variability scores with external or independent measures have used personality measures which in large part are based on self-report. These studies (cf., Cattell, 1943;Cummings, 1939;Fiske & Rice, 1955;Layton, 1954)…”

Section: Is Variability a Trait? The Question Of Whether Variabilmentioning

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Transsituational variability in human performance within assessment centers

Turnage

Muchinsky

1982

Organizational Behavior and Human Performance

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Section: Is Variability a Trait? The Question Of Whether Variabilmentioning

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Transsituational variability in human performance within assessment centers

Turnage

Muchinsky

1982

Organizational Behavior and Human Performance

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“…Given a series of repeated measurements for the same individual, several measures of their variability are available and have been used: the standard deviation (42,136); the average deviation and the range (166). Measures of profile similarity can frequently be used as measures of variability: e.g., D, based on squared differences between paired responses, as discussed by Cronbach and Gleser (41).…”

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“…From a study of weekly retests on the MMPI, Layton (136) concluded that variation is a function of the individual, not of his score relative to the group. Variation on single scales had no consistent relationship to mean score although some trends were in a plausible direction.…”

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Intra-individual response variability.

Fiske¹,

Rice²

1955

Psychological Bulletin

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Studies on intra-individual response variability are classified into and reviewed under the rubrics of (1) variability of organic processes, (2) psychometric aspects, (3) spontaneous (aperiodic) variability, (4) systematic variability, (5) change of response with change in stimulus or situation, and (6) relationships between variability and other variables (such as brain lesions, motivation variables, and personality traits and types). The relationships between variability and neurosis or psychosis (and personality correlates in general) have not been established definitively, but it is suggested that variability may be negatively related to persistence and "character." 233-item bibliography.

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“…Studies dealing with the stability of MMPI scales over time (Barren & Leary, 1955;Cottle, 1950;Goodstein & Kirk, 1961;Greenfield, 1958;Guthrie, 1949;Kaufmann, 1956;Layton, 1954;Lundin & Kuhn, 1960;Parker, 1961a;Yeomans & Lundin, 1957) have failed to provide a conclusive answer to this question. Generally, there appeared to be no systematic changes in mean scale scores for the groups tested, but considerable fluctuation of individual scores was reported by some authors.…”

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An approach to defining a patient population in psychotherapy research.

Strupp

Bloxom²

1975

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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The utility of employing elevated scores on the Depression and Psychasthenia scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, MMPI, as an indicator of a genuine, enduring clinical problem in need of remediation was investigated for a male college student population. The personal, academic, and occupational histories of entering students scoring above T = 60 on these scales, N = 54, were compared with those of a comparable random group over an 8% year period. Based on university records and self-report questionnaire data, the high scores exhibited, p < .05, greater difficulty with personal adjustment, in graduating from college, and in rinding a job and deciding on a career; they were earning lower salaries and fewer had married. Nearly half had sought professional help for an emotional problem. Pilot data further suggest that MMPI scale scores for this population decrease following psychotherapy but not with the passage of time alone.

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The Variability of Individuals Scores Upon Successive Testings on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

Cited by 13 publications

References 1 publication

Transsituational variability in human performance within assessment centers

Transsituational variability in human performance within assessment centers

Intra-individual response variability.

An approach to defining a patient population in psychotherapy research.

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