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The relationship of MacAndrew alcoholism scale scores to MMPI profile type and degree of elevation
Author(s) -
Pfost Karen S.,
Kunce Joseph T.,
Stevens Michael J.
Publication year - 1984
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(198405)40:3<852::aid-jclp2270400338>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , psychological distress , psychiatry , personality , mental health , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Collected MMPI data for 38 Caucasian males who were hospitalized in a Veterans Administration alcoholism treatment program. On the basis of a Q‐factor analysis, three prototypic profiles were derived, which adequately described 92% of the sample. These profiles were labeled: Type I (scales 1 and 2), Type I1 (F‐K, Scales 4 and 9), and Type I11 (Scales K, 3 and 4). Type 11 was found to be correlated positively with scores on the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale. No relationship was found between MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale scores and magnitude of psychological distress, as measured by mean T scores.