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Substance Use Scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

An Exploration of Score Reliability Via Meta-Analysis

Christopher S. Miller

The University of Montana

Alan L. Shields

East Tennessee State University, shields{at}etsu.edu

Delia Campfield

The University of Montana

Kim A. Wallace

The University of Montana

Roger D. Weiss

Harvard University

Three drug and alcohol use screening scales are embedded within the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—2: the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC) and its revised version (MAC-R), the Addiction Acknowledgement Scale (AAS), and the Addiction Potential Scale (APS). The current study evaluated the reliability reporting practices among 210 studies administering the MAC/MAC-R, APS, and/or AAS. Furthermore, reliability generalization methods were used to characterize the previously reported reliability estimates associated with each instrument. The vast majority of studies (90.6%) did not provide measurement reliability data, suggesting a need for improved psychometric reporting. Data from the remaining studies yielded mean and median score reliability estimates below .70 for each of the identified measures. Although limited in some instances by sample size constraints, results suggest that these instruments tend not to produce scores with acceptable levels of reliability for most research or clinical situations.

Key Words: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory—2 (MMPI-2) • substance abuse scales • reliability induction • reliability generalization • meta-analysis

This version was published on December 1, 2007

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 67, No. 6, 1052-1065 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0013164406299130
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