Department/School
Psychology, Professional
Date of this version
2010
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), and Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) were administered to 71 women who reported histories of childhood and/or adult sexual maltreatment and 25 women who did not report a history of victimization. The TSI validity scales were not effective in identifying MMPI-2 defined invalid responding although were moderately related to MMPI-2 validity scales designed to identify similar response styles. In contrast, the TSI clinical scales displayed good convergent validity with conceptually related scales on the MMPI-2 and PDS. Also, the TSI added incrementally, albeit modestly, to the MMPI-2 in prediction of PDS defined PTSD.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191110376163
Volume
17
Issue
3
Published in
Assessment
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Citation/Other Information
Arbisi, P. A., Erbes, C. R., Polusny, M. A., & Nelson, N. W. (2010). The concurrent and incremental validity of the Trauma Symptom Inventory in women reporting histories of sexual maltreatment. Assessment, 17(3), 406-418.