Kelley C K, King G D
J Clin Psychol. 1978 Jul;34(3):695-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(197807)34:3<695::aid-jclp2270340324>3.0.co;2-l.
Young adults who were attending a college student mental health center and who obtained MMPI profiles with clinical scales within normal limits with and without elevated K were compared to all other patients at the center on 175 descriptors obtained from intake interviews. Those items that discriminated (x2, p less than .05) students who obtained these profile types from others are reported as tentative MMPI interpretive correlates for patients in similar settings. Correlates ranged from those indicative of situational difficulties to serious psychopathology, and clear sex differences were present. It is concluded that within-normal-limit profiles do not indicate psychological normality when they occur in such a setting and that useful interpretive information can be identified for these, as well as clinically elevated profile types.
将在大学生心理健康中心就诊、获得明尼苏达多相人格调查表（MMPI）临床量表结果在正常范围内（无论K分是否升高）的年轻人，与该中心所有其他患者，就从入院访谈中获取的175个描述项进行比较。那些能够区分（卡方检验，p值小于0.05）获得这些量表结果类型的学生与其他学生的项目，被报告为类似环境下患者的MMPI初步解释性相关因素。相关因素范围从表明情境困难到严重精神病理学，且存在明显的性别差异。得出的结论是，在此类环境中出现的正常范围内的量表结果并不表明心理正常，并且可以为这些量表结果以及临床升高的量表结果类型识别出有用的解释性信息。
