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  • Title: A shortened MMPI useful for psychiatric screening of the non-institutionalized elderly.
    Author: Smith LW, Patterson TL, Grant I, Clopton P.
    Journal: J Clin Psychol; 1989 May; 45(3):359-65. PubMed ID: 2745724.
    Abstract:
    We compared the reliability of the Faschingbauer Abbreviated MMPI (the FAM) to the standard MMPI with a sample of non-institutionalized, independently living elderly individuals. FAM items were extracted from the standard MMPIs of 83 middle-class men and women with a mean age of 74 years. Results indicate that the FAM is correlated highly with the MMPI. Although statistically significant differences were found between the FAM and MMPI forms on some scales, 77% of the profile pairs were judged to satisfy interpretive reliability criteria, and for the profiles that were rejected the FAM was not found to overestimate or underestimate any MMPI scale systematically. The potential value of the FAM as a screening device for elderly individuals who are living in the community is addressed.
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