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K-SADS-PL Externalizing Subscale
Section K-SADS-PL Item Stem NSA ASA CNP SUB NPI AGG
Tried to quit .56 .57 .54
Withdrawal .59 .65 .57
Drugs consumed to relieve withdrawal .62 .64 .56
Note. Large correlations (> .53) are bolded. NSA = Negative School Attitudes, ASA = Antisocial
Attitudes, CNP = Conduct Problems, SUB = Substance Abuse, NPI = Negative Peer Influence, AGG =
Aggression; ODD = Oppositional Defiant Disorder; ADHD = Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Research Question 5: Do non-gendered norms produce accurate clinical interpretations?
Given the gendered versus non-gendered norms debate outlined in the Introduction,
Research Question 5 sought to examine how gender impacts the accuracy of clinical
interpretations. To fully investigate this issue, gender differences were examined in terms of
MMPI-A-RF RC scale elevations, in addition to the subsequent clinical correlates.
Statistically significant gender differences were pronounced on several MMPI-A-RF RC
scales (see Table 15). A series of one-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) revealed that males
and females produced different levels of elevations on RCd, RC1, RC4, and RC7. When
examining these differences more closely, an interesting pattern emerged in which females were
elevated significantly higher on internalizing-relevant scales (i.e., RCd, RC1, and RC7), while
their male counterparts were significantly more elevated on RC4, an externalizing-relevant scale.
Clinical correlates were examined by gender to explore how such gender differences
affected MMPI-A-RF RC scale interpretability. Specifically, correlations between MMPI-A-RF
RC scales and K-SADS-PL total scores for each diagnostic section were reviewed for each
gender. While some scales appeared to function similarly across genders, some specific gender
differences appeared (see Table 16).75
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Sharf, Allyson J. External Validation of the MMPI-A-RF with Youth with Mental Health Needs: A Systematic Examination of Symptom-Based Correlates and Interpretive Statements, dissertation, August 2019; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538766/m1/82/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .