Evaluating the Interpersonal Content of the MMPI-2-RF Interpersonal Scales

• Published in: Journal of personality assessment Vol. 95; no. 2; pp. 187 - 196
• Main Authors: Ayearst, Lindsay E., Sellbom, Martin, Trobst, Krista K., Bagby, R. Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2013; Taylor & Francis; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Assessment; Biological and medical sciences; College students; Correlation analysis; Female; Five factor model; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Interpersonal problems; Interpersonal Relations; Magnitude; Male; Middle Aged; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2; MMPI; Models, Psychological; Personality; Personality traits; Personality. Affectivity; Psychological tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires; Undergraduate students; Validity; Human; Test validation; Construct validity; Personality test; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; Social interaction; Evaluation scale; Convergent validity; Psychometrics; Avoidance; Interpersonal relation
• ISSN: 0022-3891; 1532-7752
• DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2012.730085

Convergence between the MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) interpersonal scales and 2 interpersonal circumplex (IPC) measures was examined. University students (N = 405) completed the MMPI-2 and 2 IPC measures, the Interpersonal Adjectives Scales Revised Big Five Version (IASR-B5; Trapnell & Wiggins, 1990) and the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex (IIP-C; Horowitz, Alden, Wiggins, & Pincus, 2000). Internal consistency was adequate for 3 of the 6 scales investigated. The majority of scales were located in their hypothesized locations, although magnitude of correlations was somewhat weaker than anticipated, partly owing to restricted range from using a healthy sample. The expected pattern of correlations that defines a circular matrix was demonstrated, lending support for the convergent and discriminant validity of the MMPI-2-RF interpersonal scales with respect to the assessment of interpersonal traits and problems.