| A critical review of objective personality inventories with sex offenders. | |
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PMID: 20734319 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This review provides a critical analysis of the ability of multiscale inventories to distinguish between sex offender and nonoffender control groups, as well as to discriminate sex offenders from other types of offenders. In addition to expanding upon previous reviews that examined the utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with this population (e.g., Levin & Stava, 1987), the current review included studies that utilized other multiscale inventories commonly used in forensic practice (i.e., MMPI-2, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III [MCMI-III], Personality Assessment Inventory) and, when possible, provides effect sizes to evaluate group differences. Based on the review, the various forms of the MMPI and MCMI are clearly the most widely used instruments in sex offender populations. The MMPI Pd scale has shown moderate to large effect sizes when distinguishing between sex offender and nonsex offender groups, but this relationship may be reflective of antisocial behavior in general rather than traits specific to sex offenders. Recommendations to standardize future research classification strategies and more effectively utilize these instruments when assessing sex offenders are also provided. |
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Authors:
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Karen M Davis; Robert P Archer |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2010-08-23 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of clinical psychology Volume: 66 ISSN: 1097-4679 ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Psychol Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-11-05 Completed Date: 2011-02-02 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0217132 Medline TA: J Clin Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1254-80 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Marymount University, USA. karen.davis@marymount.edu |
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Criminals
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psychology* Female Forensic Psychiatry / methods Humans MMPI* Male Sex Offenses / psychology* |
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