Author: Quereshi, MY; Kleman, R
Abstract: To investigate whether some of the MMPI-2 basic and/or content scales measure the factor structure represented by the Big-Five, 288 undergraduates (178 women and 110 men), between the ages of 18 and 34 years, were administered MMPI-2 and MARS (Michill Adjective Rating Scale) which measures four factors that are conceptually similar to the first four of the Big-Five. It was hypothesized that (a) three MMPI-2 scales (basic Depression or D, content Anxiety or ANX, and content Depression or DEP) would be correlated with MARS Unhappiness; (b) two MMPI-2 scales (basic Social Introversion or Si and content Social Discomfort or SOD) would be correlated with MARS Extraversion; (c) two MMPI-2 scales (content Anger or ANG and content Type A Behavior or TPA) would be correlated with MARS Assertiveness; and (d) two MMPI-2 scales (content Work Interference or WRK and supplementary Dominance or DOM) would be correlated with MARS Productive Persistence. Results corroborated the hypothesized relationships between the components of the aforementioned four dyads.
Source: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
Publication Year: 1996
Volume: 15
Issue nr: 3
Pages: 249 - 253