Stanford-Wilson, Leone (Loe) (2008) An Examination of the Validity Indices of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory Version Three in an Australian Community Sample. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Psychopathology measurement instruments such as the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory Version Three (MCMI-III), that were primarily designed and standardised using clinical populations, are being used for a range of non-clinical populations. The use of tests with populations for which they have not been designed, raises concerns about test validity for those groups. Archival data from 600 emergency services employment applicants from years 2002 to 2004 were used to explore the utility of scales designed to measure response bias of the MCMI-III. These scales are known as the Disclosure, Desirability and, Debasement Scales. Specifically, this study aimed to 1) ascertain response bias in employment applicants, 2) compare MCMI-III response bias scales to the Impression Management Scale of the Sixteen Personality Factors Inventory, Version Five (16PF-V), 3) compare Australian community sample response bias to clinical samples of previous research, and 4) to explore the relationship between the MCMI-III response bias scales to previously identified second order factors. Results showed that the majority of the participants exhibited defensive (or socially desirable) response sets. The 16PF-V Impression Management (IM) Scale correlated positively with the MCMI-III Desirability Scale, and negatively with the MCMI-III Debasement Scale. Significant differences were found between the current community sample and previously reported clinical samples, suggesting that the modifying indices do not remain stable across both populations. Significant associations were found with the current sample and previously identified scale aggregates as second order factors. Findings from this study are relevant to clinicians using the MCMI-III with non-clinical populations.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Sciences - Department of Psychology (Up to 30 Jun 2013) |
| Supervisors: | Andrea Quinn |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2025 01:53 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2025 01:53 |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52779 |
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