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Brief Symptom Inventory for Spanish Speakers

MMPI-2 and Brief Symptom Inventory for Spanish Speakers

The following research paper will present a review of studies using the MMPI-2 for Spanish language speakers, to include Mexican American and Mexicans in Mexico. In addition, a review of studies that used the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) with Spanish speakers, and the MMPI-2 and BSI, will be discussed.

Velasquez, Chavira, Karle, Callahan, Garcia, and Castellanos (2000) reviewed the findings of two studies that conducted research with the MMPI-2 and Latino students. The first study compared the administration of an English and a Spanish version of the MMPI-2. The second study administered two Spanish versions of the MMPI-2 (official Mexican adaptation and Version Hispana) and compared the results. Test-retest reliability was assessed in both studies and was found to be higher the first study, however, correspondence was found in both studies. The authors cautioned that perfect correspondence should not be concluded due to the need to study other sample groups such as psychiatric patients and individuals from the Latino community.

Hall, Bansal, and Lopez (1999) performed a meta-analyses on 25 studies that compared the MMPI and the MMPI-2 with different ethnic groups, to include Latino Americans. Findings were that effect sizes did not suggest significant differences in scores and neither test portrayed African Americans or Latinos as unfairly pathological. In addition, the findings regarding effect sizes did not vary due to sociodemographic factors, the research setting, or either test.

Boscan, Penn, Velasquez, Reimann, Gomez, Guzman, Berry, Infantes, Jaramillo, and DeRomero (2000) tested the performance on Spanish translations of the MMPI-2 in Colombian, Mexican, and Venezuelan adults. The authors found that variations were shown for all three countries, but all performed within the normative range. It was concluded that the variations may be due to Latin ...

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