Application of Faschingbauer's abbreviated MMPI to psychiatric inpatients

Assessed the degree of interchangeability of an extracted 166-item MMPI developed by T. R. Faschingbauer in 1972 and the standard MMPI, with a sample of 228 psychiatric inpatients. Findings reveal that Faschingbauer's abbreviated MMPI scale and the standard MMPI were markedly similar and highly correlated, indicating that the abbreviated MMPI is a fairly accurate substitute for the MMPI in predicting clinical types. Classification analysis concerning validity showed concurrence between the abbreviated MMPI and the standard-form MMPI in 217 of the Ss. (29 ref)