Some patterns of depression

✍ Scribed by James P. O'Connor; Edward C. Stefic; Clement J. Gresock

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1957
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 358 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(195704)13:2<122::aid-jclp2270130204>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

In his review of studies involving the scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Cottle(4) concludes that the depression (D) scale is one of the most important. Others have described it as an indicator of the seriousness of personality disintegration ( 1 6 ) 1 as the most sensitive scale t o change in psychiatric therapy ($), and as the best single index of adjustment in the inventoryc7). Both Meehl('?) and Kaufmann ( 9 ) report that the D scale tends to be highest in most abnormal profiles of M M P I scores. Despite the apparent clinical significance of the D scale there has been no systematic investigation of the scale itenis for the purpose of determiniug its internal structure. A t present we have little more than the statement of Hathaway and McKinley@) that a high D score indicates poor morale, feelings of uselessness, inability to assume an optimistic outlook, lack of self confidence, tendency to worry, narrowness of interests, and introversion. 'The centroid matrix and transformation matrix are available from J. P. O'Connor, Catholic University, Washington 17, D. C.