A three-year follow-up of the performance of a class of state police academy graduates using the MMPI-2

• DOI: 10.1007/bf02802733
• Publication Date: 2008-01-02T12:00:09Z
• Authors: William U. Weiss; Jessica Johnson; Gerald Serafino; Ann Serafino
• Keywords: Hostility; Officer; Legal psychology; State police

Research has demonstrated the utility of the MMPI-2 in identifying good and poor performance, dissatisfaction, termination, low performance ratings, unsatisfactory and satisfactory criterion groups, problematic behavior, corruption, and aggression. There is much research to suggest that certain patterns of responding to this measure by officer applicants predict job performance behaviors that supervisors and police executives view unfavorably. This study illustrates the fact that variables which are likely to predict police performance are less obvious and more subtle. Discussion centers on repression and underlying hostility.