Empirical Correlates of the MMPI–2 Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales in a Nonclinical Setting

Abstract

We examined the empirical correlates of the MMPI–2 Restructured Clinical (RC; Tellegen et al., 2003 Tellegen, A. , Ben-Porath, Y. S. , McNulty, J. L. , Arbisi, P. A. , Graham, J. R. and Kaemmer, B. 2003. The MMPI–2 Restructured Clinical scales: Development, validation, and interpretation, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. [Google Scholar] ) scales in a nonclinical setting. We administered 12 criterion measures assessing variables expected to be associated differentially with the RC Scales along with the MMPI–2 to a sample of 1,038 college students (Men, N = 407; Women, N = 631). Criteria included measures of somatization, depression, Machiavellian negativism, drug and alcohol abuse, anger, anxiety, social phobias, obsessive–compulsive tendencies, magical ideation, perceptual aberration, lability, and impulsivity. Results demonstrate good convergent and discriminant validity for the RC scales and add to a growing body of empirical correlates of these scales.