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Personality measurement in parents of retarded and emotionally disturbed children: A replication
Author(s) -
Miller William H.,
Keirn William C.
Publication year - 1978
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(197807)34:3<686::aid-jclp2270340321>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , mentally retarded , personality , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , replication (statistics) , social psychology , medicine , virology
Replicated Erickson's (1968, 1969) studies that compared MMPI profiles of parents of emotionally and behaviorally disturbed (ED), mentally retarded (MR), and non‐clinic (N) children. In general, Erickson's findings that the MR and ED parents did not differ, but that both showed elevated profiles relative to N, were confirmed. The results were interpreted to provide partial support for Erickson's “stress reaction hypothesis,” whereby the well‐known clinic parent MMPI elevations presumably reflect the parents' stress as a result of having a disturbed or handicapped child.