| he purpose of this study was to determine whether elevated scores on several MMPI-2 validity scales (L, K, Mp, Wsd, S) represent defensive underreporting of symptoms (the traditional view) or are better conceptualized as (perhaps overly) positive self-presentation (PSP) which has at least some basis in reality. From a large pool of actual male police applicants who routinely completed the MMPI-2 as part of the selection process, two samples (matched for age, education, ethnicity, state of residence) of fifty subjects were selected--one group consisting of those with normal-limit clinical profiles but elevations (T... |
