MMPI-ARF Standardization of reconstructed form of Minnesota multidimensional Personality Inventory in guidance school students in Aq Qala city

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Azam  Taziki ¹ (Islamic Azad university Branch)
Kambiz  Kamkari ² (Eslamshahr Branch)

Received: 2016-04-11 Accepted : 2016-05-14 Published : 2016-05-21

Keywords: Key words: standardization, Minnesota- adolescent Multiphasic Personality Inventory reconstructed form, guidance school students,

Abstract :

In this study present MMPI-ARF Standardization of reconstructed form of Minnesota multidimensional Personality Inventory in guidance school students at Aq Qala city and the research main question is raised whether reconstructed form of Minnesota multidimensional Personality Inventory (MMPI-ARF) in guidance school students in Aq Qala city has desirable psychometric properties? The research method is in the field of methodological research, with emphasis on psychometric. Statistical population constitute all Aq Qala city guidance school students that are 3239 persons (1056 girl students, , 1699 boy students and 34 boy students in non-profit school), which 100 students using a convenience sampling were selected as sample size. The instrument used in this study is reconstructed form of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-ARF) that has validity and favorable credit. To determine the questionnaire validity coefficient with an emphasis on internal consistency of questions is used Cronbach alpha methods and test-retest method to evaluate the coefficient stability, Also, to investigate the validity coefficient of validity used same type criterion, in this regard, Assessment questionnaire of personality pathology aspects (DAPP-BQ) and correlation between the two mentioned questionnaire using the Pearson correlation coefficient is used and finally used structural validity of hierarchical and determine the coefficient of resolution-oriented. And results showed that all reliability coefficients greater than 84/0 used Cronbach's alpha and coefficients greater than 89/0 used test-retest method with Spearman-Brown modified which shows the favorable reliability coefficient of present questionnaire in evaluated 28 scales. Also, Minnesota multidimensional personality questionnaire reconstructed form (MMPI-ARF) with Assessment questionnaire of personality pathology aspects in Aq Qala guidance schools adolescents has simultaneous validity; finally, it became clear that Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory reconstructed form (MMPI-ARF) has an internal structure that includes 28 scales and 4 factors.