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MMPI correlates of self‐disclosure
Author(s) -
Strassberg Donald S.,
Kangas John
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197707)33:3<739::aid-jclp2270330328>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , self disclosure , psychology , population , clinical psychology , sentence , psychiatry , personality , medicine , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health
Self‐disclosure scores derived from a sentence completion test were correlated with MMPI performance for 25 male and 25 female adult psychiatric inpatients. Greater self‐disclosure by female patients was found to be associated with higher elevations on SC, PT, and SI. High levels of disclosure by male patients were associated with higher levels on D and PT and lower levels on MA. These results suggest the possibility of an inverse relationship between self‐disclosure and adjustment within a relatively disturbed population.