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Personality and treatment effectiveness in anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Skoog Dagna K.,
Andersen Arnold E.,
Laufer William S.
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(198407)40:4<955::aid-jclp2270400414>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , psychometrics , personality assessment inventory , personality test , scale (ratio) , analysis of variance , psychiatry , test validity , eating disorders , medicine , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Compared pre‐ and posttreatment MMPI profiles of 12 female inpatients with anorexia nervosa using a scale‐by‐scale analysis of variance. Significant changes in clinical scales and a validity scale confirmed observed behavioral change after treatment. In addition, pretreatment profiles obtained at a different hospital were remarkably similar, which suggests a common constellation of personality characteristics in anorexia nervosa.