Barron's Ego Strength Scale and Welsh's Anxiety and Repression Scales: a comparison of the MMPI and MMPI-2

J Pers Assess. 1998 Jun;70(3):506-13. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa7003_8.

Abstract

In this study we examined the comparability of the Ego Strength (Es), Anxiety (A), and Repression (R) scales, and Welsh's (1965) classification of scores on the A and R scales into nine categories, on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and MMPI-2. Undergraduate students (65 women, 65 men) completed the MMPI and MMPI-2, in counterbalanced order, 1 week apart. There was high agreement between MMPI and MMPI-2 for the A scale, moderately high agreement for the Es scale, and a moderate level of agreement for the R scale, but little consistency in Welsh's categorization of A and R scores.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anxiety / diagnosis*
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Ego*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MMPI / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Psychometrics
  • Reference Values
  • Repression, Psychology*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Students / psychology