Post-traumatic stress disorder and the MMPI-2
β Scribed by Patrick H. Munley; Dharm S. Bains; William D. Bloem; Rebecca M. Busby
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 415 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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β¦ Synopsis
This study compared the MMPI-2 profiles of 27 veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder with a non-PTSD comparison group of 27 veteran patients receiving inpatient treatment for other mental disorders. Three multivariate analyses of variance were conducted comparing the two groups on the 10 traditional clinical scales, the 12 supplemental scales and the 15 new content scales on the MMPI-2. The PTSD group obtained a mean profile with peak elevations on the F validity scale and on clinical Scales 2 (0) and 8 (Sc). The multivariate analysis of variance comparing the PTSD and non-PTSD groups across the 10 traditional clinical scales was not significant. The multivariate analyses of variance comparing the two groups on the 12 supplemental scales and the 15 content scales were significant. Significant univariate supplemental scale differences were found on the Keane PTSD scale (PK) and the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PS) scale with the PTSD group scoring higher on PK and PS. Significant univariate content scale differences were found for the Anger (ANG) scale with the PTSD group scoring higher. A cut-off score of 28 on the PK scale couectb classified 76% of the overall sample, 67% of the PTSD group and 85% of the non-PTSD-comparison group.
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