An MMPI study of adolescents: I. Empirical validity of the standard scales.

This study is the 1st since the early work of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) developer, Starke Hathaway, to present empirical descriptors for the standard MMPI clinical scales for a large adolescent sample. The 844 Ss (492 boys, 352 girls) ranged in age from 12 to 18 years and were obtained from substance-abuse inpatient (60%), psychiatric inpatient (24%), day treatment (8%), or special school (7%) settings. The Devereux Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale and the Child Behavior Checklist, as well as a thorough record review, were used to provide a list of descriptors