Table 2.
Scale score comparability between valid MMPI-2-RF and MMPI-3 scale scores
| MMPI-2-RF** | MMPI-3 | Inferential statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1,268) | (n = 635) | ||||||||
| % Elevated | M | SD | % Elevated | M | SD | t(633) | p-value | Cohen’s d | |
| Validity | |||||||||
| Variable response inconsistency | N/A | 48 | 9 | N/A | 47 | 9 | .50 | .617 | .11 |
| True response inconsistency | N/A | 52F | 9 | N/A | 51F | 7 | .53 | .596 | .12 |
| Infrequent responses | N/A | 53 | 12 | N/A | 48 | 10 | 2.26 | .024 | .45 |
| Infrequent psychopathology responses | N/A | 48 | 8 | N/A | 46 | 8 | 1.06 | .289 | .25 |
| Infrequent somatic responses | 4.9 | 52 | 12 | 3.1 | 50 | 11 | .88 | .377 | .17 |
| Symptom validity | 3.2 | 58 | 11 | 4.3 | 55 | 10 | 1.39 | .165 | .29 |
| Response bias | 2.8 | 55 | 11 | 3.8 | 52 | 10 | 1.39 | .165 | .29 |
| Uncommon virtues | 36.4 | 57 | 11 | 22.2 | 55 | 10 | .93 | .355 | .19 |
| Adjustment validity | 17.9 | 53 | 10 | 37.8 | 55 | 11 | .93 | .355 | .19 |
| Higher-order | |||||||||
| Emotional/internalizing dysfunction | 11.7 | 50 | 11 | 11.3 | 49 | 11 | .45 | .651 | .09 |
| Thought dysfunction | 4.8 | 48 | 9 | 4.4 | 46 | 9 | 1.00 | .318 | .22 |
| Behavioral/externalizing dysfunction | 2.8 | 45 | 9 | .6 | 42 | 7 | 1.59 | .112 | .37 |
| Restructured clinical | |||||||||
| Demoralization | 12.2 | 52 | 10 | 10.9 | 48 | 11 | 1.85 | .064 | .38 |
| Somatic complaints | 25.6 | 57 | 12 | 14.5 | 51 | 11 | 2.65 | .008 | .52 |
| Low positive emotions | 15.4 | 52 | 11 | 11.5 | 49 | 11 | 1.36 | .175 | .27 |
| Antisocial behavior | 4.0 | 46 | 9 | 1.6 | 44 | 7 | 1.06 | .289 | .25 |
| Ideas of persecution | 11.5 | 51 | 10 | 5.4 | 47 | 9 | 1.95 | .052 | .42 |
| Dysfunctional negative emotions | 6.5 | 47 | 10 | 8.7 | 47 | 10 | .00 | > .999 | .00 |
| Aberrant experiences | 4.6 | 47 | 9 | 3.1 | 46 | 9 | .50 | .617 | .11 |
| Hypomanic activation | 2.3 | 43 | 9 | 2.8 | 44 | 8 | .51 | .607 | .12 |
| Somatic–cognitive-specific problems scales | |||||||||
| Malaise | 45.8 | 65 | 12 | 20.6 | 53 | 11 | 5.30 | < .001* | 1.04 |
| Neurological complaints | 30.9 | 57 | 13 | 11.5 | 49 | 11 | 3.46 | .001 | .66 |
| Cognitive complaints | 11.1 | 51 | 11 | 11.0 | 48 | 11 | 1.36 | .175 | .27 |
| Internalizing specific problems scales | |||||||||
| Suicidal/death ideation | 14.0 | 49 | 9 | 11.5 | 46 | 6 | 1.64 | .101 | .39 |
| Helplessness/hopelessness | 5.1 | 47 | 9 | 5.5 | 45 | 8 | 1.03 | .304 | .23 |
| Self-doubt | 18.9 | 52 | 11 | 13.5 | 50 | 11 | .90 | .366 | .18 |
| Inefficacy | 7.4 | 49 | 10 | 9.3 | 48 | 10 | .47 | .636 | .10 |
| Stress (compared to stress/worry on the MMPI-2-RF) | 14.5 | 50 | 10 | 9.8 | 49 | 10 | .47 | .636 | .10 |
| Worry (Compared to Stress/Worry on the MMPI-2-RF) | 14.5 | 50 | 10 | 15.3 | 47 | 10 | 1.42 | .155 | .30 |
| Anxiety related experiences | 8.7 | 49 | 10 | 10.9 | 50 | 11 | .46 | .644 | .10 |
| Anger proneness | 9.6 | 48 | 10 | 5.2 | 46 | 9 | .97 | .331 | .21 |
| Behavior restricting fears | 4.2 | 49 | 9 | 5.4 | 50 | 11 | .47 | .636 | .10 |
| Externalizing specific problems scales | |||||||||
| Family problems | 6.5 | 48 | 10 | 6.8 | 45 | 9 | 1.46 | .145 | .32 |
| Juvenile conduct problems | 5.8 | 49 | 10 | 3.8 | 45 | 9 | 1.95 | .052 | .42 |
| Substance abuse | .5 | 44 | 6 | .5 | 42 | 5 | 1.28 | .201 | .36 |
| Activation | 4.6 | 44 | 9 | 6.0 | 46 | 9 | 1.00 | .318 | .22 |
| Aggression | 2.5 | 45 | 8 | 1.3 | 44 | 7 | .55 | .584 | .13 |
| Cynicism | 10.1 | 48 | 10 | 5.5 | 44 | 9 | 1.95 | .052 | .42 |
| Interpersonal specific problems scales | |||||||||
| Dominance (compared to interpersonal passivity on the MMPI-2-RF) | 7.5 | 49 | 10 | 6.9 | 48 | 9 | .49 | .627 | .11 |
| Disaffiliativeness | 10.8 | 50 | 10 | 8.5 | 48 | 10 | .95 | .343 | .20 |
| Social avoidance | 17.7 | 52 | 11 | 17.2 | 52 | 11 | .00 | > .999 | .00 |
| Shyness | 8.9 | 47 | 9 | 10.2 | 49 | 10 | .97 | .331 | .21 |
| Personality psychopathology-5 | |||||||||
| Aggressiveness | 9.5 | 50 | 9 | 1.1 | 46 | 7 | 2.12 | .034 | .50 |
| Psychoticism | 4.3 | 47 | 9 | 4.1 | 47 | 9 | .00 | > .999 | .00 |
| Disconstraint | 2.0 | 45 | 8 | .8 | 43 | 7 | 1.09 | .274 | .27 |
| Negative emotionality/neuroticism | 8.9 | 49 | 10 | 8.8 | 48 | 11 | .46 | .644 | .10 |
| Introversion/low positive emotionality | 15.1 | 53 | 11 | 18.7 | 53 | 12 | .00 | > .999 | .00 |
*Indicates p-value fell below the Bonferroni alpha correction of ≤ .0010
**Data were used from an independent sample for comparison purposes and were previously published in the following paper: Marek et al. (2014)