The COVID-19 pandemic onset necessitated remote administration of psychological instruments, including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3). Although previous evidence has demonstrated that MMPI scale scores are robust across administration modalities, the specific effects of remote administration on the psychometric properties of MMPI-3 scale scores must be investigated. Distinguishing psychometric differences due to administration modality from substantive changes in psychological symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic is also important. Thus, goals of the present study include evaluating the psychometric comparability of MMPI-3 scores derived from in-person and remote administration modalities and examining substantive scale scores changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a large sample of college students (n = 2,503), rates of protocol invalidity, mean scale scores, reliability, and criterion validity were compared across participants completing the MMPI-3 in-person (both prior to and after the onset of COVID-19) and via remote administration. Results demonstrate comparably low rates of protocol invalidity, negligible differences in reliability, and similar patterns of criterion validity for MMPI-3 scale scores across administration modalities. Results also indicate that mean MMPI-3 scale scores pre- and post-COVID-19 onset substantially differ on select scales, but that scores on remote and in-person protocols administered post-COVID-19 have negligible differences. Remote MMPI-3 scale scores also demonstrated expected patterns of correlations with external criteria, supporting the validity of remote scores. Overall, the present study demonstrates that MMPI-3 protocols administered remotely and in-person are extremely psychometrically similar, although scores have generally increased post-COVID-19 onset for reasons independent of administration modality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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远程和现场管理的 MMPI-3 分数的可比性以及 COVID-19 大流行对 MMPI-3 分数的影响。

COVID-19 大流行的爆发需要对心理仪器进行远程管理，包括明尼苏达州多相人格量表 3 (MMPI-3)。尽管之前的证据表明 MMPI 量表分数在各种管理方式中都具有稳健性，但必须研究远程管理对 MMPI-3 量表分数的心理测量特性的具体影响。区分因给药方式引起的心理测量差异与因 COVID-19 大流行引起的心理症状的实质性变化也很重要。因此，本研究的目标包括评估来自面对面和远程管理方式的 MMPI-3 分数的心理测量可比性，并检查与 COVID-19 大流行相关的实质性量表分数变化。使用大量大学生样本（n = 2,503），比较了亲自完成 MMPI-3 的参与者（在新冠肺炎爆发之前和之后）的方案无效率、平均量表分数、可靠性和标准有效性。 19) 并通过远程管理。结果表明，不同管理方式的 MMPI-3 量表评分的方案无效率相对较低，可靠性差异可忽略不计，并且标准有效性模式相似。结果还表明，在特定量表上，COVID-19 发病前后的平均 MMPI-3 量表分数存在显着差异，但在 COVID-19 后实施的远程和面对面方案的分数差异可以忽略不计。远程 MMPI-3 量表分数还证明了与外部标准的预期相关模式，支持了远程分数的有效性。总体而言，本研究表明，远程管理和面对面管理的 MMPI-3 方案在心理测量上极为相似，尽管由于与管理方式无关的原因，在 COVID-19 发病后分数普遍增加。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。