NEO-PI profiles in PTSD as a function of trauma level
β Scribed by F. Suzanne Talbert; Lorraine C. Braswell; I. William Albrecht; Leon A. Hyer; Patrick A. Boudewyns
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 462 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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β¦ Synopsis
One hundred Vietnam veterans with combat-related PTSD were administered the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) and the Combat Exposure Scale and were sorted into three groups based on trauma exposure level. Results indicate no significant differences among the personality profiles of the three trauma-exposed groups. A normative NEO-PI profile for persons diagnosed with combat-related PTSD is presented, characterized by an extremely high Neuroticism score (T>75) and an extremely low Agreeableness score (T<25).
Psychological assessments of Vietnam veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) generally have focused on measurement of personality psychopathology and common profiles, primarily through the use of the MMPI and MMPI-2 (Albrecht et al.,
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