Is the MMPI-2 appropriate for use with people with vision loss?
by Christensen, Maurita, Ph.D., CAPELLA UNIVERSITY, 2007, 67 pages; 3247511

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to provide data to support the appropriateness of the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2) with people with vision loss. It was hypothesized that a sample of people who have vision loss will have higher scores, a t score of 65 or greater, reaching statistical significance compared to the normative sample. A rare assemblence of archival data from this low incidence population of people with vision loss who were deemed eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and were administered the MMPI-2 with accommodations from 1992 though 2005 was mined for raw scores. Data were mined with respect to validity, clinical scale scores, age, gender, and education. This research utilized a causal-comparative research design to investigate the relationship between normative data of the restandardization sample and persons with vision loss. It was found that people with vision loss did not have higher mean scores than those of the normative sample except for females having elevated scores equivalent to the t score of 65 on clinical scale 2 (depression).

 
AdviserMarilyn Marks-Frey
SchoolCAPELLA UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/B 67-12, p. , Mar 2007
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsPersonality psychology; Quantitative psychology and psychometrics
Publication Number3247511
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