Profile characteristics of the MPI-DLV clusters of pain patients

✍ Scribed by Richel Lousberg; Nico Groenman; Anton Schmidt

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 486 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199603)52:2<161::aid-jclp6>3.0.co;2-x

✦ Synopsis

This article describes an investigation into whether there are differences among the four pain patient clusters from the Multidimensional Pain Inventory -Dutch Language Version (MPI-DLV) in terms of prescribed analgesic medication, level of intelligence, and other personality characteristics (MMPI). Dysfunctional patients were distinguished by a higher level of analgesic medication intake. Patients classified as Average were marked by a marginally significant higher level of intelligence. The personality profile of Interpersonally Distressed patients indicated an elevated neurotic triad and a tendenty to a passive-aggressive personality structure. Patients classified as Dysfunctional and Average were marked by the so-caUed conversion-V. There were no elevated scales in the Adaptive Coper profile. Clinical implications are discussed. 'In scientific literature there is no consensus on the definition of personality. Noting that one of the definitions emphasizes the fact that personality can be viewed as an organized system that differentiates persons (see Hall & Lindzey, 1978). intelligence is considered here as a personality characteristic.