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- Title
Examination of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a Sample of Bariatric Surgery Candidates.
- Authors
Wygant, Dustin B.; Boutacoff, Lana I.; Arbisi, Paul A.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S.; Kelly, Peter H.; Rupp, William M.
- Abstract
The current study examined the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales (Tellegen et al., MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) scales: Development, validation, and interpretation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003) in a sample of 1,091 bariatric surgery candidates. The RC scales were developed to address concerns about limited discriminant validity of the Clinical scales. Internal consistency and external validity analyses were conducted to evaluate the RC scales in this setting. Results indicated that the RC scales are generally more internally consistent than the Clinical scales and display significantly better convergent and discriminant validity in predicting a variety of behavioral, psychological, and developmental variables relevant to preoperative bariatric psychological evaluations. Implications of the results and recommendations for future research with the RC scales in medical settings are discussed.
- Subjects
MINNESOTA Multiphasic Personality Inventory; PERSONALITY tests; BARIATRIC surgery; CLINICAL psychology; PSYCHIATRY
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 3, p197
- ISSN
1068-9583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10880-007-9073-8