Go Back Research Article November, 1973

A comparison of psychiatric patients’ self-report with other sources of clinical information

Author Mary P. Koss Author James N. Butcher

Abstract

This study compared self-report (MMPI item responses) of psychiatric patients who were experiencing different crises situations with other sources of clinical information. The results suggest that in a large number of instances item responses communicate information which is in agreement with what was known about the patients form other sources of information. The content of item responses was consistent with interpretations from several empirical measures of the Ss' test performance.

Keywords

psychiatric patients self-report clinical information mmpi mental health assessment crisis situations empirical measures test performance patient evaluation psychological testing clinical agreement diagnostic comparison mental health diagnosis patient responses forensic psychiatry psychological assessment mental health research item responses clinical validation psychometric testing patient-reported data psychiatric evaluation diagnostic accuracy self-report reliability mental health metrics
Details
Volume 7
Issue 3
Pages 225–236
DOI 10.1016/0092-6566(73)90038-x
ISSN 1095-7251
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