Abstract: The findings of this study show that the Chinese and English MMPI are highly equivalent (average scale-by-scale correlation=0.81)and their average scale reliabilities are also very satisfactory, reaching 0.85 and 0.78 respectively.With regard to the MMPI profiles of Singapore Chinese, it was found that subjects who are Chinese-educated (C-Ed) obtained a 28 code type, whereas the English-educated (E-Ed), a 89 code type. Interestingly, when basic scales were ranked in terms of T-scores, Singapore Chinese had appreciably higher ranking in Scale Ma and lower in Scale Pa when compared with mainland China. Their ranking in Scale Si was slightly higher when compared with Hong Kong district. Significant rank order correlations were found between C-Ed and Chinese in mainland China and Hong Kong district. For the E-Ed, only the profile of males is found to be similar with their counterparts in Hong Kong district. In terms of endorsement pattern, correlations of E-Ed with six American samples were higher than with subjects in Hong Kong district, whereas for the C-Ed, the reverse was observed.The above findings show clearly that though C-Ed and E-Ed are both Singapore Chinese, they cannot be considered a homogenous group. The profiles established in this study not only meet the need of a local normal baseline for test interpretations, but also provide data for further validation study and cross-cultural comparison.

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