A Comparison of MMPI-2 Profiles Between Child Maltreatment Cases and Two Types of Custody Cases

ABSTRACT

MMPI-2 profiles were compared for three types of child custody samples: child maltreatment (n = 70), unmarried (n = 100), and married (n = 105). The results successfully differentiated the child maltreatment group from the two non-maltreatment groups (collapsed into one group) with T-scores significantly higher on scales F, Pd, Pa, Sc, Ma, and Si, and lower on scale K. Discriminant analysis provided a formula which successfully identified .79 of the profiles as maltreatment or non-maltreatment. Implications of these findings were discussed in relationship to psychosocial and demographic variables in child maltreatment cases.

KEYWORDS:

• MMPI-2
• child maltreatment