Security Guards' MMPI Profiles: Some Normative Data

Ira H. Bernstein

doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa4404_7

Security Guards' MMPI Profiles: Some Normative Data

Ira H. Bernstein

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A national security guard company administered the MMPI to all its guards following hiring. This paper presents the normative data derived from all guards hired during the 12 months of 1978 (n = 4534). The validity of 1 profile in 5 was questionable. However, 1 in 8 was valid but elevated (T > 70) on one or more critical scales (D, Pd, Pa, Pt, Sc, or Ma). Among valid but elevated profiles, the majority were elevated on Ma and/or Pd. Elevation of Dand Sc, as well as Ma and Pd, was common among questionable profiles.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	377-380
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Personality Assessment
Volume	44
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4404_7
State	Published - Aug 1980

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Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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