Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in mental health, forensic, and nonclinical settings: an introduction

Yossef S Ben-Porath; Auke Tellegen

doi:10.1080/00223890701845120

Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in mental health, forensic, and nonclinical settings: an introduction

J Pers Assess. 2008 Mar;90(2):119-21. doi: 10.1080/00223890701845120.

Authors

Yossef S Ben-Porath¹, Auke Tellegen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA. ybenpora@kent.edu

PMID: 18444104
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701845120

Abstract

We introduce 3 studies of the empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: a study by Arbisi, Sellbom, and Ben-Porath (2008/this issue) that expands the range of correlates of the RC scale in mental health settings; an investigation by Sellbom, Ben-Porath, Baum, Erez, and Gregory (2008/this issue) of the empirical correlates of the scales in a forensic setting; and a study by Forbey and Ben-Porath (2008/this issue) examining convergent and discriminant validities of the RC scale in a nonclinical setting. To serve as a general introduction to the 3 new empirical studies presented in this special section, we begin with a review of the existing literature on the RC scales and briefly describe these studies.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Behavioral Symptoms / diagnosis*
Behavioral Symptoms / psychology
Domestic Violence / psychology*
Empirical Research
Forensic Psychiatry / methods*
Humans
MMPI*
Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
Mental Disorders / psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Students / psychology