If a study shows statistically significant differences between the MMPI-A scores of adolescents in a psychiatric hospital and those of adolescents who are not hospitalized, the findings would be evidence of what type of validity?

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The findings would be evidence of concurrent validity since the comparison is between two sets of results occurring at the same time. If instead, the study were to look at just the hospitalized group and compare MMPI-A scores on admission to a variable to be measured later- like length of hospitalization-that would be a predictive validity study. Content and construct validity are ascertained by focusing on the test itself rather than how performance on the test relates to an outside criterion.

If a Study Shows Statistically Significant Differences Between the MMPI-A