TY - JOUR
T1 - Congruence of the MCMI-II and MCMI-III in cocaine dependence
AU - Marlowe, Douglas B.
AU - Festinger, David S.
AU - Kirby, Kimberly C.
AU - Rubenstein, David F.
AU - Platt, Jerome J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA 06986. Reduced-cost scoring of test protocols was provided by National Computer Systems. We thank Lynda Bonieskie, for her assistance with the project.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - This study compared the MCMI-II and MCMI-III among 40 urban, poor, cocaine abusers in outpatient treatment. The mean group profiles had strikingly similar relative elevations on the Antisocial, Narcissistic, Aggressive-Sadistic, Alcohol Dependence, and Drug Dependence scales. However, the MCMI-III group profile was significantly lower in magnitude compared with the MCMI-II. Interval and rank-order correlations were moderate to low for most scales, and 90% of participants produced discrepant 2-point codetypes between the 2 tests. These results suggest that clinicians working in substance abuse settings should perhaps adjust MCMI-III profile elevations upward on most scales (particularly on the personality disorder scales) when comparing results to extant normative data and should use caution when referencing MCMI/MCMI-II interpretive manuals for descriptive correlates of MCMI-III scales and codetypes.
AB - This study compared the MCMI-II and MCMI-III among 40 urban, poor, cocaine abusers in outpatient treatment. The mean group profiles had strikingly similar relative elevations on the Antisocial, Narcissistic, Aggressive-Sadistic, Alcohol Dependence, and Drug Dependence scales. However, the MCMI-III group profile was significantly lower in magnitude compared with the MCMI-II. Interval and rank-order correlations were moderate to low for most scales, and 90% of participants produced discrepant 2-point codetypes between the 2 tests. These results suggest that clinicians working in substance abuse settings should perhaps adjust MCMI-III profile elevations upward on most scales (particularly on the personality disorder scales) when comparing results to extant normative data and should use caution when referencing MCMI/MCMI-II interpretive manuals for descriptive correlates of MCMI-III scales and codetypes.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327752jpa7101_2
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa7101_2
M3 - Article
C2 - 9807228
AN - SCOPUS:0031757829
SN - 0022-3891
VL - 71
SP - 15
EP - 28
JO - Journal of Personality Assessment
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
IS - 1
ER -