An MMPI study of adolescents: II. Verification and limitations of code type classifications.

Abstract

This study examined the validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) code type classification approach for adolescents in treatment settings. Ss were the same 844 adolescents (492 boys and 352 girls) in substance abuse and mental health treatment described in Williams & Butcher's (1989) MMPI scale descriptor study. Ss were administered the MMPI, and several criterion measures were obtained