MMPI score differences among anglo, black, and Mexican-American welfare recipients

Used a one-way analysis of covariance design (N = 179) to investigate possible score bias on the MMPI among Blacks and Mexican-Americans who were receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children. With education treated as a covariate, no significant differences were found between Black and Anglo Ss. The Mexican-American welfare recipients differed from the Anglo Ss on scales Lie, Masculinity-Femininity, and Hypomania, and from the Black Ss on scales Lie, K, and Hypomania. The suggestion was made that further attention needs to be paid to the interaction of race with economic and situational variables.