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Utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) With Men Who Have Sexually Assaulted Children

NCJ Number
105865
Journal
Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology Volume: 54 Issue: 4 Dated: (1986) Pages: 493-496
Author(s)
G C N Hall; R D Maiuro; P P Vitaliano; W C Proctor
Date Published
1986
Length
4 pages
Annotation
Offense history data and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles were compiled for 406 men who had sexually assualted children and had been criminally committed to a hospital between 1975 and 1984.
Abstract
MMPI Scale 4 (psychopathic deviate) and Scale 8 (schizophrenia) were both significantly elevated in the mean profile of this sample. However, contrary to some previous findings, no single two-point MMPI code type predominated; two-thirds of the sample had more than two MMPI elevations. Differences also were examined between offenders who has assaulted male versus female victims, older versus younger victims, used force versus nonphysical coercion, and committed incestuous versus nonincestuous offenses. While some statistically significant differences were found between offenders in the first two groups, these were not considered to be clinically significant. The limitations of the MMPI in differentiating criminologically defined subgroups and variables is discussed. 14 references. (Author abstract modified)

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