在评估人格精神病理学的MMPI-3尺度中探索潜在的种族偏见
Nicole Shumaker1, Tessa Long1, Andy Torres2
1Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
Assessment
|May 31, 2024
概括
美国明尼苏达州多阶段人格库存-3 (MMPI-3) 显示,在评估拉丁人个体的个性精神病理学方面,统计偏差很小. 结果支持其在不同人群中的跨文化有效性.
科学领域:
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 评估个性精神病理需要文化敏感和统计学公正的测量工具.
- 明尼苏达多相人格库存-3 (MMPI-3) 是一个广泛使用的工具,但它的跨文化有效性,特别是在拉丁裔人口中,需要检查.
- 潜在的偏差,例如拦截和斜率偏差,可能会影响不同种族群体对得分的准确解释.
研究的目的:
- 在拉丁美洲人群中使用MMPI-3测量个性精神病理学的统计偏差,与白人人群相比.
- 评估MMPI-3的跨文化适用性,以评估人格结构.
- 为了确定MMPI-3尺度和个性精神病理学测量 (PID-5-SF) 之间的关系是否在种族之间有显著差异.
主要方法:
- 分析了103名白人和250名拉丁裔人的数据,使用MMPI-3和DSM-5简体形式 (PID-5-SF) 的人格库存.
- 进行了相关性分析,以评估两个仪器理论上重叠的尺度之间的关联.
- 使用等级回归和施泰格的z测试来检测跨种族群体的拦截和斜率偏差.
主要成果:
- 大多数理论上重叠的MMPI-3和PID-5-SF之间的尺度在总样本中显示了中度的关联.
- 在白人和拉丁裔参与者之间,尺度之间的相关性在规模上是相似的,这表明了一致的关系.
- 只有一个实例的统计学上显著的拦截偏差被发现 (MMPI-3愤怒易感预测PID-5-SF负面影响力);没有发现斜率偏差.
结论:
- 在MMPI-3中,MMPI-3证明了在拉丁美洲人群中评估个性精神病理学的实质性跨文化有效性.
- 在MMPI-3尺度和个性精神病理学构造之间的关系在很大程度上是一致的跨白人和拉丁裔族群.
- 这些发现支持MMPI-3在临床和研究环境中适当的跨文化应用,涉及多种人群.
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