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The MMPI and the Aged—Some Normative Data from a Community Sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. G. Britton  and
R. D. Savage
P. G. Britton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
R. D. Savage
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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There has been much speculation but little evidence concerning the view that personality characteristics, like cognitive factors, change with age. Consequently, the lack of information on the MMPI for aged populations may well have led to its inadvertent misuse on the assumption that the standard normative data given in the revised Manual (Hathaway and McKinley, 1951) are applicable to the elderly. The authors present data on a sample of the aged taken from the community which shows this assumption to be misleading, and attempt to improve this situation.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 490 , September 1966 , pp. 941 - 943
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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