The aim of the current study was to examine the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) scales in assessing Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders–Fifth edition (DSM-5) Section II Personality Disorder (PD) symptoms. For this purpose, we first tested the cross-cultural factorial and criterion validity of MMPI-2-RF scales. We used a sample of 536 (327 women and 209 men) community individuals in Tehran, Iran. DSM-5 Section II PD criterion counts were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5–Screening Personality Questionnaire. Exploratory structural equation modelling analyses revealed that the models reported by Ben-Porath and Tellegen generally fitted the data well. Criterion validity of the MMPI-2-RF scales as well as MMPI-2-RF PDs spectra scales were analyzed with respect to their correlations with DSM-5 Section II PDs, indicating results generally consistent with expectations. Results based on Poisson or Negative binomial regression models indicated that a set of MMPI-2-RF scale hypotheses were supported, with several exceptions that are discussed in detail. These findings have implications for applicability of the MMPI-2-RF across Iranian population.

本研究的目的是检查明尼苏达州多相人格量表-2-重组表 (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) 量表在评估精神疾病诊断和统计手册-第五版( DSM- 5 ) 第 II 节人格障碍 (PD) 症状。为此，我们首先测试了 MMPI-2-RF 量表的跨文化因子效度和标准效度。我们使用了伊朗德黑兰 536 名（327 名女性和 209 名男性）社区个体的样本。使用 DSM-5 结构化临床访谈评估 DSM-5 第 II 部分 PD标准计数–筛选人格问卷。探索性结构方程建模分析表明，Ben-Porath 和 Tellegen 报告的模型通常很好地拟合数据。MMPI-2-RF 量表和 MMPI-2-RF PDs 光谱量表的标准有效性分析了它们与DSM-5第 II 部分 PD 的相关性，表明结果与预期基本一致。基于泊松或负二项式回归模型的结果表明，支持一组 MMPI-2-RF 规模假设，但有几个例外情况已详细讨论。这些发现对 MMPI-2-RF 在伊朗人群中的适用性有影响。