OBJECTIVE The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) instruments have a long history with respect to the assessment of psychopathic personality traits. The most recent version, the MMPI-3, should be in a good position to continue this tradition, and the aim of the current research was to evaluate its scales for this purpose. We examined, on the basis of previous research, how well conceptually relevant MMPI-3 scales mapped onto dominant contemporary psychopathy models: the traditional three-factor model and triarchic psychopathy model. HYPOTHESES We hypothesized that MMPI-3 markers of internalizing would be negatively correlated with boldness, whereas broad and specific markers of externalizing proclivities would be associated with disinhibition and antisociality. We also hypothesized that egocentricity and callousness would be associated with MMPI-3 scales measuring various features of externalizing, interpersonal aggression/antagonism, and grandiosity. METHOD We used archival samples of male prison inmates (n = 452), community members with externalizing proclivities (n = 205), and university students (n = 645). These participants completed the Expanded Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale and the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure. RESULTS Zero-order correlation analyses indicated support for many of our hypotheses across samples, with notable exceptions. Regression and dominance analyses yielded information about the most potent MMPI-3 predictors of each psychopathy domain, with consistency across the three samples. Boldness was associated with low scores on Emotional/Internalizing Dysfunction, Low Positive Emotions, Shyness, and Negative Emotionality/Neuroticism and high scores on Self-Importance and Dominance. For meanness and disinhibition, we found substantial overlap with MMPI-3 scales (e.g., Behavioral/Externalizing Dysfunction, Antisocial Behavior). Meanness was indicated by high Aggression, Cynicism, Aggressiveness, and Disaffiliativeness; disinhibition/antisociality was primarily marked by high Antisocial Behavior, Hypomanic Activation, Impulsivity, and Disconstraint; and Anger Proneness, Aggression, and Cynicism were secondary indicators. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide support for using the MMPI-3 in clinical assessments to corroborate other sources of information regarding psychopathy as well as generate hypotheses for further consideration. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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使用 MMPI-3 评估精神病特征：来自惩教所、大学和社区样本的调查结果。


目的 明尼苏达州多相人格量表（MMPI）工具在评估精神病态人格特征方面有着悠久的历史。最新版本 MMPI-3 应该能够很好地延续这一传统，当前研究的目的是为此目的评估其量表。我们根据之前的研究，检验了概念相关的 MMPI-3 量表如何很好地映射到当代主流精神病模型：传统的三因素模型和三元精神病模型。假设我们假设内化倾向的 MMPI-3 标记与大胆负相关，而外化倾向的广泛且特定的标记将与去抑制和反社会性相关。我们还假设，自我中心和冷酷无情与衡量外化、人际攻击/对抗和浮夸等各种特征的 MMPI-3 量表相关。方法 我们使用男性监狱囚犯 (n = 452)、具有外化倾向的社区成员 (n = 205) 和大学生 (n = 645) 的档案样本。这些参与者完成了扩展利文森精神病自我报告量表和三元精神病测量。结果 零阶相关分析表明我们在样本中的许多假设得到了支持，但也有明显的例外。回归和显性分析产生了有关每个精神病领域最有效的 MMPI-3 预测因子的信息，并且在三个样本中保持一致。大胆与情绪/内化功能障碍、低积极情绪、害羞和消极情绪/神经质得分低以及自我重要和支配力得分高相关。 对于卑鄙和去抑制，我们发现与 MMPI-3 量表有很大的重叠（例如，行为/外化功能障碍、反社会行为）。卑鄙表现为高度的攻击性、愤世嫉俗、攻击性和不亲和力；去抑制/反社会性的主要特征是高度反社会行为、轻度躁狂、冲动和不约束；愤怒倾向、攻击性和愤世嫉俗是次要指标。结论 这些发现为在临床评估中使用 MMPI-3 提供了支持，以证实有关精神病的其他信息来源并产生供进一步考虑的假设。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。