The traditional background hypothesis (TBH) is a long-standing belief associated with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) L scale; a validity scale, which appears on every version of the family of MMPI instruments including the soon-to-be released MMPI-3. The L scale was originally designed to assess whether test respondents presented themselves in an unrealistically favorable light. Both researchers and clinicians noted, however, that those from traditional Christian faith-based groups produced elevated L-scale scores. A recent meta-analysis supported this observation, reporting an average L-scale elevation 0.50 SD greater than the MMPI-2 normative sample compared to samples of those with presumptively strong Christian-Judeo faith. Some limitations of this meta-analysis are that (a) the samples used in it included those undergoing an evaluative assessment, which could elevate L-scale scores independent of strength of faith belief, and (b) direct assessments of strength of faith or positive impression management were included or measured independently. Our primary goal in this study was to examine the TBH addressing these limitations with a sample of those who self-identified as believers in the Muslim faith (N = 267), the examination of which expands the scope beyond those of the Christian-Judeo faith. Consistent with previous results, the mean L-r (MMPI/MMPI-2 L scale counterpart on the MMPI-2-Restructured Form) was 56.41 T. Higher L-r scale scores were associated with increasing strength in the Muslim faith, and although increasing L-r scores were primarily associated with impression management, increasing Muslim-based faith values had a nontrivial influence on L-r scores and especially in the moderate score range of this scale. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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在基于穆斯林信仰的样本中检查MMPI-2-RF Lr分数的“传统背景假设”。

传统背景假设（TBH）是与明尼苏达州多相人格量表（MMPI）L量表相关的长期信念；有效性量表，出现在MMPI系列产品的每个版本中，包括即将发布的MMPI-3。L量表最初旨在评估测试受访者是否以不切实际的有利态度展示自己。然而，研究人员和临床医生均指出，来自传统基督教信仰团体的人的L量表得分较高。最近的一项荟萃​​分析支持了这一观察结果，与那些具有强烈基督教-犹太教信仰的人的样本相比，其平均L值升高了0.50 SD，比MMPI-2规范性样本大。此荟萃分析的一些局限性在于：（a）所用样本包括接受评估的样本，这些评估可以独立于信仰信念的强度而提高L量表的得分，以及（b）对信仰强度或积极性的直接评估印象管理包括在内或独立衡量。我们在这项研究中的主要目标是，通过对那些自认是穆斯林信仰的信徒（N = 267）进行抽样研究，探讨解决这些限制的TBH，其范围扩大到基督徒-犹太教信仰之外。与先前的结果一致，Lr的平均值（MMPI-2-Reformed Form中的MMPI / MMPI-2 L等级对应物）为56.41T。较高的Lr等级分数与穆斯林信仰中的力量增强有关，虽然增加Lr分数主要与印象管理有关，但基于穆斯林的信仰价值观的提高对Lr分数并没有特别的影响，尤其是在该级别的中等分数范围内。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。