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Using the MMPI-2-RF to Characterize Intervention in lieu of Conviction Evaluees

Sigward, Macy M
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-5169
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1587477062059152

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2020, BS, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
A scarce amount of research has been done examining the Intervention in lieu of Conviction (IILC) population from a psychological perspective. Such research is important to help develop better drug court treatment programs and to aide clinicians evaluating defendants in this population. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008/2011) has been used to characterize other forensic populations and can provide useful information in forensic evaluations. The current study further describes and characterizes the (IILC) population by providing mean T-scores and standard deviations on all MMPI-2-RF Validity and Substantive scales from a sample of 359 individuals evaluated at a court clinic in Akron, OH for IILC. I also provide comparisons of mean T-scores between the IILC sample and a sample of other pre-trial defendants. On the Validity Scales, results show higher scores on the over-reporting scales in the pre-trial comparison group than the IILC group. On the Substantive Scales, the IILC sample scored higher on the Substance Abuse (SUB) scale, and the pre-trial comparison sample scored higher on three scales reflecting thought dysfunction. These results are in line with extent literature on this population (Mattson et. al., 2012; O’Reilly, 2007), as well as past research using the MMPI-2-RF in other forensic evaluations (Sellbom, 2017). Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
Yossef Ben-Porath, PhD (Advisor)
Katherine Rawson, PhD (Committee Member)
Norman Rose, PhD (Committee Member)
Angela Neal-Barnett, PhD (Committee Member)
Jordan Hall, M.A. (Other)
26 p.
Psychology
MMPI-2-RF; Intervention in lieu of Conviction; IILC; pre-trial defendants

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  • Sigward, M. M. (2020). Using the MMPI-2-RF to Characterize Intervention in lieu of Conviction Evaluees [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1587477062059152

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sigward, Macy. Using the MMPI-2-RF to Characterize Intervention in lieu of Conviction Evaluees. 2020. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1587477062059152.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sigward, Macy. "Using the MMPI-2-RF to Characterize Intervention in lieu of Conviction Evaluees." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1587477062059152

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