Psychological evaluations of clergy applicants to the Catholic Church are an important gatekeeping mechanism during the admission process. However, limited research exists on the validity of assessments for this evaluative purpose and none have examined the predictive utility of the MMPI-2-RF to determine if an applicant will be accepted to formation, or if they ultimately ordained. This study fills that gap in the literature by investigating the predictive validity of MMPI-2-RF scales in 147 male applicants evaluated as part of their application for seminary or diaconate formation programs in a mid-sized Catholic diocese in the United States. Group analyses (e.g., Kruskal-Wallis tests) with admission status as the independent variable and MMPI-2-RF scales as the dependent variables yielded significant differences, most notably, those participants not admitted had higher mean scores on F-r, Fp-r, EID, RC7, THD, RC8, RC1, MLS, NUC, and JCP than the other three groups. Relative risk ratios were estimated for all MMPI-2-RF scales, indicating that higher scores are generally associated with a lower likelihood of admission and, ultimately, ordination. Limitations and future directions of research are also discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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使用 MMPI-2-RF 检查天主教神职人员的入学和培养结果：一项前瞻性研究。

天主教会神职人员的心理评估是录取过程中的一个重要把关机制。然而，关于此评估目的的评估有效性的研究有限，并且没有人研究 MMPI-2-RF 的预测效用，以确定申请人是否会被接受组建，或者他们是否最终被任命。本研究通过调查 147 名男性申请人的 MMPI-2-RF 量表的预测有效性，填补了文献中的空白，这些男性申请者被评估为他们在美国中等规模天主教教区申请神学院或执事培养计划的一部分。以入院状态作为自变量和 MMPI-2-RF 量表作为因变量的组分析（例如，Kruskal-Wallis 测试）产生了显着差异，最显着的是，那些未被录取的参与者在 Fr、Fp-r、EID、RC7、THD、RC8、RC1、MLS、NUC 和 JCP 上的平均分数高于其他三组。估计所有 MMPI-2-RF 量表的相对风险比，表明较高的分数通常与较低的入院和最终排序的可能性相关。还讨论了研究的局限性和未来的方向。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。