MMPI-2 based classification of forensic psychiatric outpatients: An exploratory cluster analytic study

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 907-920

  Nieberding, Ron J ^a,e   Gacono, Carl B ^e   Pirie, Mark ^b   Bannatyne, Lynne A ^e   Viglione, Donald J ^e   Cooper, Bruce ^c   Bodholdt, Robert H ^d   Frackowiak, Marita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cluster analytic method; MMPI 2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY TEST; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042316798     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.10192     Document Type: Article

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