dc.contributor.advisor | Gleaves, David H | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Heffer, Robert W | |
dc.creator | Stefanov, Michael Lee | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-10-30T23:29:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-10-30T23:29:44Z | |
dc.date.created | 2005-08 | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-10-30 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4325 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) has a long history of identifying adolescents who are at risk of displaying delinquent behaviors. However, MMPI research regarding behaviors observed from adolescents while incarcerated is non-existent. This dissertation examines the usefulness of the adolescent version of the MMPI (MMPI-A; Butcher et al., 1992) in predicting specific unit infractions for female juvenile delinquents incarcerated in a state facility in Texas. Unit infractions were placed into groups based on behavioral relatedness. MMPI-A scales were selected for analyses based on behavioral descriptors related to unit infractions. Logistic regression was performed to test whether elevated MMPI-A scales, dichotomized at 55T, 60T, 65T and 70T could predict behaviorally related groupings. Analyses suggest that the MMPI-A is not very useful in statistically predicting unit infractions. | en |
dc.format.extent | 509586 bytes | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
dc.subject | MMPI-A | en |
dc.subject | Incarceration | en |
dc.subject | Females | en |
dc.title | MMPI-A: test of behavioral correlates associated with elevated scales in a sample of female juvenile delinquents | en |
dc.type | Book | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.department | Psychology | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Riccio, Cynthia | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Snyder, Douglas | |
dc.type.genre | Electronic Dissertation | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | born digital | en |