Abstract
One of the early cross-cultural studies on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) (S. Sue & D. W. Sue, 1974) showed that Asian American students using a psychiatric clinic had higher scale elevations on the MMPI than non-Asian students. Twenty years later, similar findings were obtained. The MMPI- 2 profiles of Asian American students showed more somatic complaints, depression, anxiety, and isolation than their Caucasian counterparts (S. Sue, K. Keefe, Enomoto, Durvasula, & Chao, 1996). There may be different interpretations of this finding. First, Asian American students were more prone to psychopathology. Alternatively, the elevated scores on the MMPI scales may be less a reflection of the problems of the students than those of the MMPI itself.
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