MMPI discrimination of defensive and nondefensive felony sex offenders

Richard I. Lanyon; Robert W. Lutz

doi:10.1037/0022-006X.52.5.841

MMPI discrimination of defensive and nondefensive felony sex offenders

Richard I. Lanyon, Robert W. Lutz

Psychology

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Abstract

90 indicted sex offenders (aged 21+ yrs) were divided into no-, part-, and full-denial groups and were administered the MMPI to examine the utility of MMPI validity indicators in successfully identifying Ss known to have engaged in defensive denial in real-life situations involving serious personal consequences. Part- and full-denial Ss were similar enough to be combined into a single-denial group. Group membership was predicted with 83% accuracy by a discriminant function involving the validity scales alone. (3 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	841-843
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Volume	52
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.52.5.841
State	Published - Oct 1 1984

Keywords

accuracy of MMPI, identification of defensive &
nondefensive denial, sex offenders aged 21 yrs &
older

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Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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