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Spanish Language Speakers

The following research paper will present a review of studies using the MMPI-1 and MMPI-2 for Spanish language speakers, to include Mexican American and Mexicans in Mexico. In addition, a review of MMPI-1 and MMPI-2 and ethnicity, Mexican women and MMPI elevations, Mf score and Introversion/Extroversion and psychological distress, and a summary and conclusions will be presented.

The MMPI (1 and 2) is one of the most used instruments to measure psychopathology. This test is able to discriminate between pathological and nonpathological groups. It is one of the most psychometrically reliable and valid tests and there have been more studies regarding ethnic differences with this measure, than with any other (Hall, Bansal, & Lopez, 1999). The issue regarding how to measure psychopathology across different ethnic groups remains unclear. Culture-specific or emic measures assess unique cultural aspects but do not allow for between-ethnic group comparisons. Alternatively, the etic approach assumes that constructs are the same across cultures, allowing for between-group comparisons. In addition to these methods, diagnostic clinician judgments have been used to assess and identify ethnic differences in psychopathology, however, these judgments may be biased against the ethnic minority. Measures used to assess psychopathology may not be equivalent across cultures, regardless of attempts to make them standard. Tests tend to favor the culture for which it was developed (Hall, Bansal, & Lopez, 1999).

Dana (1988) pointed out that MMPI interpretation may be a cause of ethnic differences in scores, rather than test bias. Ethnocentric thinking minimizes cultural differences and this may lead to erroneous interpretations of the MMPI results. The MMPI is an etic instrument that is limited as the culture becomes more dissimilar to the while middle-class behavior and attitudes. The author cautions that any interpretation of MMPI results m...

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Spanish Language Speakers. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 06:41, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1694620.html