Validity of the MMPI-2 Depression Content Scale with Psychiatric Inpatients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13652145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel E Boone (Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 159-162 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1994.74.1.159 |
| PMID | 8153207 |
| OpenAlex | W2142950026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
The concurrent and construct validity of the MMPI-2 Depression content scale was examined for a group of 62 psychiatric inpatients. Correlation coefficients with other measures of depression, hopelessness, low self-esteem, and suicide ideation ranged from .58 to .66 and were statistically significant. Also, the Depression content scale successfully differentiated patients according to psychiatric diagnosis (depressed versus nondepressed) and assessed suicide risk (at risk versus not at risk). Thus, the concurrent and construct validities of the scale were supported
Concurrent validity · Construct validity · Depression (economics · Medical emergency · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Test validity · Clinical Psychology · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2010 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |