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Code type-specific tables for interpretation of MMPI-2 Harris and Lingoes subscales: consideration of gender and code type definitionR E McGrath
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
J Clin Psychol 54:655-64. 1998..Gender and code type definition strategy were considered as moderators of the relationship between code type and subscale scores, but neither accounted for a large enough proportion of variance to justify consideration in the tables...- Development of an Infrequency-Psychopathology scale for the MMPI-A: the Fp-A ScaleR E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
J Pers Assess 74:282-95. 2000..Even so, the findings suggest that the identification of overreporting on the MMPI-A could potentially be enhanced by using Fp-A as an adjunct to the F scale... - Toward more clinically relevant assessment researchR E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
J Pers Assess 77:307-32. 2001..These include methodological issues and topics in need of further study. A particularly important example of the latter is the need for research identifying factors that foster positive impressions of psychological assessment... - Development of a short form for the MMPI-2 based on scale elevation congruenceRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Raleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
Assessment 10:13-28. 2003..The short form offers a reasonable alternative when the full inventory is impractical... - Conceptual complexity and construct validityRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ 07666, USA
J Pers Assess 85:112-24. 2005..The article concludes with some preliminary suggestions concerning an alternative model that may address this construct validity problem more effectively... - When effect sizes disagree: the case of r and dRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
Psychol Methods 11:386-401. 2006..Because neither statistic is universally superior, researchers should explicitly consider the importance of base rates to formulate correct inferences and justify the selection of a primary effect-size statistic... - Introduction to the special issue on personality assessment in medical settingsPiero Porcelli
IRCCS De Bellis Hospital, Castellana Grotte, Italy
J Pers Assess 89:211-5. 2007..2007/this issue). Each article touches on the role person variables can play in the expression of medical problems... 
Inferential errors in taxometric analyses of ordered three-class constructsRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
J Pers Assess 90:11-25. 2008..Recommendations are provided for future studies intended to distinguish between categorical and dimensional structures...- The Rorschach in the context of performance-based personality assessmentRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck Hackensack Campus, 1000 River Road T WHI 01, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
J Pers Assess 90:465-75. 2008.... - Field reliability of comprehensive system scoring in an adolescent inpatient sampleRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
Assessment 12:199-209. 2005..80. Results were similar for protocol-level scores, with only one score demonstrating less than adequate reliability. The findings are consistent with previous evidence, indicating reliable scoring is possible even in field settings... - Saving our psychosocial soulsRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA
Am Psychol 59:644-5. 2004 - The making of meaning: comments on Hofstee and Ten BergeRobert E McGrath
Farleigh Dickinson University, School of Psychology, Teaneck Hackensack Campus, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
J Pers Assess 83:128-30; discussion 136-40. 2004..It is suggested that the lack of meaning inherent to many psychosocial measures is a natural product of traditional aggregative practices in scale development and may be invulnerable to statistical correction... - Enhancing accuracy in observational test scoring: the comprehensive system as a case exampleRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
J Pers Assess 81:104-10. 2003..In this article, I use the Rorschach Comprehensive System (Exner, 1993) to demonstrate the concepts discussed... - A comparison of the PAI and MMPI-2 as predictors of faking bad in college studentsDorothy D Blanchard
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Katonah, New York, USA
J Pers Assess 80:197-205. 2003..The findings suggest that either inventory offers an effective approach to the detection of overreporting, and administering both inventories can enhance the accuracy of prediction further... - Incremental validity of selected MMPI-A content scales in an inpatient settingRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology T WH1 01, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666, USA
Psychol Assess 14:401-9. 2002.... - MMPI-A structural summary variables: prevalence and correlates in an adolescent inpatient psychiatric sampleDavid L Pogge
Four Winds Hospital, Katonah, New York, USA
Assessment 9:334-42. 2002..An examination of the pattern of correlations revealed small to moderate relationships between all SS variables and external criterion measures... - A comparison of MMPI-2 high-point coding strategiesRobert E McGrath
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
J Pers Assess 79:243-56. 2002.... - Predictor combination in binary decision-making situationsRobert E McGrath
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA
Psychol Assess 20:195-205. 2008..Gigerenzer and D. Goldstein's (1996) "take the best" heuristic. Furthermore, the information needed to ensure an increment in fit over the best single predictor is rarely available...