Audubon J J, Kirwin B R
J Pers Assess. 1982 Jun;46(3):304-11. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4603_12.
The MMPI and 16 PF were administered to 45 forensic patients and scores on five derived measures of defensiveness were computed. The 10 highest and 10 lowest scoring subjects were assigned to either a high or low defensiveness group and their responses analyzed with regard to the Schizophrenia, Paranoia, Psychopathic Deviate and Hostility clinical scales and sub-scales of the MMPI according to past or present items. Results confirm that high defensiveness subjects are selectively and cautiously interpreting items so as to admit to significantly less overall pathology and relatively less present pathology than low defensiveness subjects. This finding represents a consistent strategy of defensiveness rather than an artifact of false response bias. This study has implications for personality assessment in Forensic Psychology and the potential of trend analysis for the prediction of future dangerous behavior in a forensic patient population.
对45名法医鉴定患者施测明尼苏达多相人格测验（MMPI）和卡特尔16种人格因素问卷（16PF），并计算出五个防御性衍生量表的得分。得分最高的10名受试者和得分最低的10名受试者被分为高防御性组或低防御性组，并根据过去或当前项目，就MMPI的精神分裂症、偏执狂、精神病态偏差和敌意临床量表及分量表分析他们的反应。结果证实，高防御性受试者会有选择地、谨慎地解释项目，因此与低防御性受试者相比，他们承认的总体病理症状明显更少，当前病理症状也相对更少。这一发现代表了一种一致的防御策略，而非虚假反应偏差的产物。本研究对法医心理学中的人格评估以及趋势分析在预测法医患者群体未来危险行为方面的潜力具有启示意义。
