External Validation of the MMPI-A-RF with Youth with Mental Health Needs: A Systematic Examination of Symptom-Based Correlates and Interpretive Statements Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title External Validation of the MMPI-A-RF with Youth with Mental Health Needs: A Systematic Examination of Symptom-Based Correlates and Interpretive Statements

Creator

  • Author: Sharf, Allyson J.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Rogers, Richard, 1950-
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Murrell, Amy
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Cox, Randall
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2019-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Over the last several decades, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) has remained one of the most extensively studied and commonly used adolescent assessment measures. Most recently, the MMPI-A was revised, published as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF). Given the infancy of the extant MMPI-A-RF literature, the current dissertation sought to be one of the first criterion studies since the test manual to establish its relevant clinical correlates in a sample of youth referred for mental health services. Following in line with previous clinical correlate research, the psychometric properties of the MMPI-A-RF were determined. Under this approach, the present study bolstered support for the construct validity of the RC scales through the identification of clinically relevant, scale and item-level correlates. In particular, the RCd and RC4 evidenced especially strong convergent and discriminant validity. As a result, the current study highlighted the MMPI-A-RF's efficacy in detecting psychopathology along the broad externalizing and internalizing spectrum. In addition, the role of gender and its effect on MMPI-A-RF clinical interpretations were explored. Practical recommendations for ensuring a gender-specific approach to MMPI-A-RF interpretation were outlined.
  • Physical Description: vi, 145 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: MMPI-A-RF
  • Keyword: clinical correlates
  • Keyword: adolescents
  • Keyword: assessment
  • Keyword: Psychology, Clinical

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Sharf, Allyson J
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: submission_1441
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1538766

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Academic Department: Department of Psychology
  • College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Degree Discipline: Clinical Psychology
  • Degree Publication Type: disse
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

Note

  • Embargo Note: The work will be published after approval.
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