Selected Bibliography

MMPI-2™ RC (Restructured Clinical) Scales

December 2007

General:

Abraham, P. P. (2005). What's in a name? Bridges to new understanding: MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales and Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) Scales. SPA Exchange, 17, 3-5.

Archer, R.P. (2006). A perspective on the Restructured Clinical (RC) Scale project. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 179-185.

Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2006). Differentiating normal and abnormal personality with the MMPI-2. In S. Strack (Ed.), Differentiating normal and abnormal personality (2nd Edition, pp. 337-381). NY: Springer.

Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2003). Introducing the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales. SPA Exchange, 15, 16-17, 23.

Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Tellegen, A. (In Press). Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in mental health, forensic, and non-clinical settings: An introduction. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Caldwell, A. B. (2006). Maximal measurement or meaningful measurement: The interpretive challenges of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales. Journal of Personality Assessment 87, 193-201.

Finn, S. E., & Kamphuis, J. H. (2006). The MMPI-2 RC Scales and restraints to innovation, or “What have they done to my song?” Journal of Personality Assessment 87, 202-210.

Forbey, J. D., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2007). Computerized adaptive personality testing: A review and illustration with the MMPI-2 Computerized Adaptive Version (MMPI-2- CA). Psychological Assessment, 19, 14-24.

Graham, J. R. (2006). MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology (4th edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

Nichols, D. S. (2006). The trials of separating bath water from baby: A review and critique of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 121-138.

Nichols, D. S. (2006). Comment on Rogers, Sewell, Harrison, & Jordan (2006). Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 172-174.

Rogers, R., & Sewell, K.W. (2006). MMPI-2 at the crossroads: Aging technology or retrofitting. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 175-178.

Rogers, R., Sewell, K. W., Harrison, K. S., & Jordan, M. J. (2006). The MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales: A paradigmatic shift in scale development. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 139-147.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Graham, J. R., Arbisi, P. A., & Bagby, R. M. (2005). Susceptibility of the MMPI-2 Clinical, Restructured Clinical (RC), and Content Scales to overreporting and underreporting. Assessment, 12, 79-85.

Simms, L. J. (2006). Bridging the divide: Comments on the Restructured Clinical Scales of the MMPI-2. Journal of Personality Assessment 87, 211-216.

Tellegen, A., Ben-Porath, Y. S., McNulty, J. L., Arbisi, P. A., Graham, J. R., & Kaemmer, B. (2003). MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Development, validation, and interpretation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Tellegen, A., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Sellbom, M., Arbisi, P. A., McNulty, J. L., & Graham, J. R. (2006). Further evidence on the validity of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Addressing questions raised by Rogers et al. and Nichols. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 148-171.

Viken, R .J., & Rose, R. J. (2007). Genetic variation and covariation in the original and Restructured Clinical Scales of the MMPI. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 842-847.

Weed, N. C. (2006). Syndromal complexity, paradigm shifts, and the future of validation research: A comment on Nichols and Rogers, Sewell, Harrison, & Jordan. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 217-222.

Correctional Settings:

Megargee, Edwin I. (2006). Using the MMPI-2 in criminal justice and correctional settings. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Forensic Settings:

Downing, S. K., Denney, R. L., Spray, B. J., Houston, C. M., & Halfaker, D. H. (In Press). Examining the relationship between the Restructured Scales and the Fake Bad Scale of the MMPI-2. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.

Henry, G. K., Heilbronner, R. L., Mittenberg, W., Enders, C., & Stanczal, S. R. (In Press). Comparison of the Lees-Haley Fake Bad Scale, Henry-Heilbronner Index, and Restructured Clinical Scale 1 in identifying noncredible symptom reporting. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.

Sellbom. M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2006). Forensic applications of the MMPI. In R. P. Archer (Ed.), Forensic uses of clinical assessment instruments. (pp. 19-55) NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Baum, L. J., Erez, E., & Gregory, C. (In Press). Predictive validity of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a batterers' intervention program. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Lilienfeld, S. O., Patrick, C. J., & Graham, J. R. (2005). Assessing psychopathic personality traits with the MMPI-2. Journal of Personality Assessment, 85, 334-343.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Stafford, K. P. (2007). A comparison of measures of psychopathic deviance in a forensic setting. Psychological Assessment, 19, 430-436.

Stredny, R. V., Archer, R. P., & Mason, J. A. (2006). MMPI-2 and MCMI-III characteristics of parental competency examinees. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87, 113-115.

Wygant, D. B., Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Stafford, K. P., Freeman, D. B., & Heilbronner, R. I. (2007). The relation between symptom validity testing and MMPI-2 scores as a function of forensic evaluation context. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 22, 488-499.

Medical Settings:

Butcher, J. N., Hamilton, C. K., Rouse, S. V., & Cumella, E. J. (2006). The deconstruction of the Hy Scale of MMPI-2: Failure of RC3 in measuring somatic symptom expression. Journal of Personality Assessment 87, 186-192.

Wygant, D. B., Boutacoff, L. A., Arbisi, P. A., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Kelly, P. H., & Rupp, W. M. (2007). Examination of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a sample of bariatric surgery candidates. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 14, 197-205.

Mental Health Settings:

Arbisi, P. A., Sellbom, M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (In Press). Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in psychiatric inpatients. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Castro, Y., Gordon, K. H., Brown, J. S., Cox, J. C., & Joiner, T. E. (In Press). Examination of racial differences on the MMPI-2 Clinical and Restructured Clinical Scales in an outpatient sample. Assessment.

Forbey, J. D., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2007). A comparison of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) and Clinical Scales in a substance abuse treatment sample. Psychological Services, 4, 46-58.

Handel, R. W., & Archer, R. P. (In Press). An investigation of the psychometric properties of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales with mental health inpatients. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Ozonoff, S., Garcia, N., Clark, E., & Lainhart, J. E. (2005). MMPI-2 personality profiles of high-functioning adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Assessment, 12, 86-95.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Bagby, R. M. (In Press). Personality and Psychopathology: Mapping the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales onto the Five Factor Model of Personality. Journal of Personality Disorders.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Graham, J. R. (2006). Correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a college counseling setting. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86, 89-99.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., McNulty, J. L., Arbisi, P. A., & Graham, J. R. (2006). Elevation differences between MMPI-2 Clinical and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Frequency, origins, and interpretative implications. Assessment, 13, 430-441.

Sellbom, M., Graham, J. R., & Schenk, P. (2006). Incremental validity of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a private practice sample. Journal of Personality Assessment, 86, 196-205.

Simms, L. J., Casillas, A., Clark, L .A., Watson, D., & Doebbeling, B. I. (2005). Psychometric evaluation of the Restructured Clinical Scales of the MMPI-2. Psychological Assessment, 17, 345-358.

Wallace, A., & Liljequist, L. (2005). A comparison of the correlational structures and elevation patterns of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) and Clinical Scales. Assessment, 12, 290-294.

Wygant, D. B., & Fleming, K. P. (In Press). Clinical utility of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in therapeutic assessment: A case study. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Non-Clinical Settings:

Forbey, J. D., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (In Press). Empirical correlates of the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a non-clinical setting. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Osberg, T. M., Haseley, E. N., & Kamas, M. M. (In Press). The MMPI-2 Clinical Scales and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Comparative psychometric properties and relative diagnostic efficiency in young adults. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Sellbom, M., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2005). Mapping the MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales onto normal personality traits: Evidence of construct validity. Journal of Personality Assessment, 85, 179-187.

Sellbom, M., Fischler, G. L., & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2007). Identifying MMPI-2 predictors of police officer integrity and misconduct. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 985-1004.

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