An MMPI Normative Study on Korean Adolescents

The MMPI booklet form of 566 items were administered to total 2,212 0 , 081 male, L 131 female) middle and high school students in Seoul (metropo! i tan), Sungnam (city) and Yangyang (rural) areas in order to secure Korean adolescent MMPI norms. The major findings are as follows: 1. Their mean T -scores of each scale do not deviate much from the adolescent norms currently in use in Korea although elevations on Sc and Ma scales are noticed. 2. The male students are found to have higher T·scores on almost every scales compared to the females , particularly so on F, Pa, Pt Sc and scales 3. The high school students tend to show slightly higher elevation compared to the middle school students on almost all scales, particularly on Ma while low on K scale 4. Rural students are found to to be more vulnerable in their mental health, indicated by generally more elevated clinical scales, particularly Pa, Pt , Sc and Si, as well as higher Anxiety Index , lower Ego Srength and higher Internalization Ratio 5. 24.27 percent of total adolescent students has either one-point or two-point high-point codes, most frequent scales among them being Sc and Si scale. High-point codes are associated with more males than females , more high school students than middle school ones, and more rural students than Seoul or city ones. 6. Generally male students can be said to be more loaded with psychological burden than the females, particularly those middle school students in rural area and high school students in Seoul. Implications of the above findings are discussed in view of developmental differences between male and female students, sociocultural aspect, and greater psychological burden and stress on the part of male students