TY - JOUR
AU - Archer, Robert P.
AB -  The MMPI-A normative sample (805 males, 815 females) and an adolescent clinical sample (266 males, 92 females) were used to investigate the factor structure of the MMPI-A content scales. Principal factor analyses were conducted on scale-level raw score data for the set of 15 MMPI-A content scales, and item-level factor analyses were also conducted for each individual content scale. Scale-level analyses yielded a 2-factor solution for boys in the normative sample and for the combined clinical groups, and a 1-factor solution for the combined normative sample and for gifts in the normative group. The 2 factors were labeled General Maladjustment and Externalizing Tendencies. Further, item-level analyses produced 1-factor solutions for the majority of the MMPI-A content scales. These findings were compared with the results of other MMPI-A studies, including Sherwood, Ben-Porath, and Williams's (1997) recently developed MMPI-A Content Component scales. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of approaches to interpreting the MMPI-A content scales. 
TI - Factor Structure of the MMPI--A Content Scales: Item-Level and Scale-Level Findings
JF - Journal of Personality Assessment
DO - 10.1207/s15327752jpa7101_6
DA - 1998-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/factor-structure-of-the-mmpi-a-content-scales-item-level-and-scale-KBPYwMjm7k
SP - 84
EP - 97
VL - 71
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -