Descriptive Profiles of the MMPI-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) across a National Sample of Four Veteran Affairs Treatment Settings

This investigation provides descriptive information on substantive scale scores from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) across four common service locations within Veterans Affairs (VA): PTSD clinical team, individual substance use treatment, primary medi...

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Published inJournal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 329 - 340
Main Authors Ingram, Paul B., Tarescavage, Anthony M., Ben-Porath, Yossef S., Oehlert, Mary E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Clinical research
Drug use
Health care
Health services
Measures
Medical screening
Medical treatment
Medicine
Mental health
Mental health services
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Personality and Social Psychology
Personality tests
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychological tests
Psychology
Rehabilitation
Substance abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Teams
Treatment methods
Validity
Veterans
Psychological assessment
Veteran affairs
Veteran
MMPI-2-RF
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Summary:This investigation provides descriptive information on substantive scale scores from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) across four common service locations within Veterans Affairs (VA): PTSD clinical team, individual substance use treatment, primary medical care, and residential polytrauma rehabilitation. Test protocols for these four service settings are drawn from a national sample of all MMPI-2-RF and converted MMPI-2 administrations between January 1, 2008 and May 31, 2015 using the VA Mental Health Assist system at any VA across the United States. Frequency of substantive scale elevation and descriptive findings are examined. Results of this investigation suggest that there are differences between VA service locations on the MMPI-2-RF substantive scales, the magnitude of difference depends on the substantive scale examined, and the pattern of elevation within service location follows common clinical concerns for the settings. Implications for the clinical use, and research with, the MMPI-2-RF within the VA and with the veteran population are discussed.
ISSN:0882-2689
1573-3505
DOI:10.1007/s10862-019-09727-0