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Nicole Shumaker1, Tessa Long1, Andy Torres2
1Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
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|May 31, 2024
Summary
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) shows minimal statistical bias for assessing personality psychopathology in Latinx individuals. Results support its cross-cultural validity in diverse populations.
Area of Science:
- Psychometrics
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Assessing personality psychopathology requires culturally sensitive and statistically unbiased measurement tools.
- The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) is a widely used instrument, but its cross-cultural validity, particularly in the Latinx population, needs examination.
- Potential biases, such as intercept and slope bias, can affect the accurate interpretation of scores across different ethnic groups.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate statistical bias in the measurement of personality psychopathology using the MMPI-3 within the Latinx population compared to White individuals.
- To evaluate the cross-cultural appropriateness of the MMPI-3 for assessing personality constructs.
- To determine if relationships between MMPI-3 scales and personality psychopathology measures (PID-5-SF) differ significantly between ethnic groups.
Main Methods:
- Data from 103 White and 250 Latinx individuals were analyzed, using the MMPI-3 and the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 Short Form (PID-5-SF).
- Correlation analyses were performed to assess the association between theoretically overlapping scales of the two instruments.
- Hierarchical regression and Steiger's z-tests were employed to detect intercept and slope bias across ethnic groups.
Main Results:
- A majority of theoretically overlapping scales between the MMPI-3 and PID-5-SF showed moderate associations in the total sample.
- Correlations between scales were similar in magnitude across White and Latinx participants, indicating consistent relationships.
- Only one instance of statistically significant intercept bias was found (MMPI-3 Anger Proneness predicting PID-5-SF Negative Affectivity); no slope bias was detected.
Conclusions:
- The MMPI-3 demonstrates substantial cross-cultural validity for assessing personality psychopathology in the Latinx population.
- The relationships between MMPI-3 scales and personality psychopathology constructs are largely consistent across White and Latinx ethnic groups.
- These findings support the appropriate cross-cultural application of the MMPI-3 in clinical and research settings involving diverse populations.
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