PREDICTING AIR FORCE RECIDIVISM BY THE MMPI TEST-RETEST
Abstract
The potential capacity of the MMPI test-retest to predict recidivism among a population of 220 rehabilitated male Air Force prisoners restored to duty during 1960 was investigated. Significant differences between the test and retest for successful restorees were found on nine scales; and, for the unsuccessful group, significant differences appear on ten scales. The psychopathic deviate (Pd) scale was found to differentiate successful from unsuccessful restorees at the .05 level of confidence on the first test. On the second test, hysteria (Hy), differentiated the two groups at the .05 level. It was concluded that the MMPI test-retest differences which were found within groups offered potential capacity to predict Air Force recidivism, but that the utilization of single predictors offered limited prediction capability. The findings appear to warrant a future study should be made which would utilize more sophisticated techniques, such as multiple regression, to arrive at the best combinations of MMPI test-retest factors for more efficient prediction.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0411855
Entities
People
- B. C. Graves