Reliability, validity, and utility of the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2-restructured form (MMPI-2-RF) in assessments of bariatric surgery candidates

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1179-1194

  Tarescavage, Anthony M ^a   Wygant, Dustin B ^b   Boutacoff, Lana I ^c   Ben Porath, Yossef S ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Applied assessment; Bariatric surgery; Bariatric surgery candidates; MMPI 2 RF; Presurgical psychological screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2 RESTRUCTURED FORM; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; YOUNG ADULT; CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890035586     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033694     Document Type: Article

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