MMPI-2-RF;
higher-order scales;
factor analysis;
North Korean refugees;
cross-cultural validity;
NUMBER;
D O I:
10.1177/1073191114548444
中图分类号:
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号:
040203 ;
摘要:
We investigated the cross-cultural factorial validity of the three Higher-Order (H-O) scales in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) among a sample of North Korean female refugees (N = 2,732). Given the importance of the H-O scales in the overall structure of the MMPI-2-RF scales and in interpretation, we were interested in exploring their cross-cultural validity. We conducted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on the nine Restructured Clinical (RC) scale raw scores and fitted and compared one- to three-factor models. The three-factor model, akin to the model in Tellegen and Ben-Porath, demonstrated the best fit to the data. Furthermore, the pattern matrices of loadings across the current sample and the U.S. samples were comparable despite some differences, such as the RC2 scale's salient, negative loading on a factor analogous to the Behavioral/Externalizing Dysfunction scale. We also investigated the unique psychological characteristics of the refugees, possibly resulting from the arduous, perilous journeys out of North Korea taken by this group of female refugees and discussed the results of EFA in light of those singular psychological traits and experiences. Overall, the three H-O scales of the Korean MMPI-2-RF evidenced reasonable cross-cultural factorial validity among the sample of North Korean female refugees.
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Univ Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Univ Tulsa, Inst Biochem & Psychol Study Individual Differenc, Tulsa, OK 74104 USAUniv Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Harkness, Allan R.
McNulty, John L.
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Univ Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Univ Tulsa, Inst Biochem & Psychol Study Individual Differenc, Tulsa, OK 74104 USAUniv Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
McNulty, John L.
Finn, Jacob A.
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Univ Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Univ Tulsa, Inst Biochem & Psychol Study Individual Differenc, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Kent State Univ, Dept Psychol, Kent, OH USAUniv Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Finn, Jacob A.
Reynolds, Shannon M.
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Univ Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Univ Tulsa, Inst Biochem & Psychol Study Individual Differenc, Tulsa, OK 74104 USAUniv Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
Reynolds, Shannon M.
Shields, Susan M.
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Shields, Susan M.
Arbisi, Paul
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Minneapolis VA Med Ctr, Minneapolis, MN USA
Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychiat, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USAUniv Tulsa, Dept Psychol, Tulsa, OK 74104 USA
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Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164 USAWashington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
Dong, YT
Church, AT
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Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164 USAWashington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164 USA