Archives of Assessment Psychology
Abstract
Sixty-plus years of research have demonstrated that college students tend to score significantly higher than older adults on the earlier forms of the MMPI (i.e., MMPI and MMPI-2). Relatively little research has examined whether this pattern of results holds with the newer MMPI-2-RF. The present study compared MMPI-2-RF scores of college students, both by gender and combined, to a reference group composed of equal numbers of men and women from the MMPI-2 normative sample. Results demonstrated that this pattern of higher scores among college students remains a concern when using the MMPI-2-RF. Of particular concern is the finding that women’s scores appear to be more affected by the use of non-gendered norms on the MMPI-2-RF than do the scores of men. Caution is urged when interpreting MMPI-2-RF results obtained from college students, particularly women.
Recommended Citation
Bolinskey, P. Kevin; Guidi, Janice P.; Myers, Kevin R.; Cooper-Bolinskey, Dianna; Schuder, Kelly M.; James, Allison V.; Hudak, Daniel V.; Gonzalez, Yelena; McTiernan, Eric; and Smith, Elizabeth A.
(2016)
"The MMP-2-RF and college students: Do we remain stuck in a normative no-man’s land?,"
Archives of Assessment Psychology: Vol. 6, Article 4.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/psyassessment/vol6/iss1/4