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MMPI results: A comparison of trauma victims, psychogenic pain, and patients with organic disease
Author(s) -
Chaney Helen S.,
Williams Stephen G.,
Cohn Cal K.,
Vincent Ken R.
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(198411)40:6<1450::aid-jclp2270400631>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychogenic disease , psychology , organic disease , clinical psychology , psychiatry , disease , personality , medicine , social psychology
Made comparison using MMPI T scores on three private psychiatric subpopulations: Post‐trauma patients, patients with organically based illness, and patients with psychogenic pain (complaints functional in origin) ( N = 78). The standard 3 validity and 10 clinical scales were used to evaluate possible differences among the groups. Differences were presented among the groups on scales 3 (HY), 9 (MA), and (F). Individual profiles also were assessed. In patients with a 1‐3/3‐1 profile, the psychogenic group had significantly higher elevation over the post‐trauma and organic groups. In patients with 8 (SC) or 9 (MA) high both with and without 1‐3/3‐1 high, differences were found; the post‐trauma and organic groups showed marked elevation over those in the psychogenic group. Results indicate the MMPI to be a viable aid in distinguishing between patients with post‐trauma stress disorder vs. those with functional disorders. The data suggest that MMPI profiles of patients with post‐trauma stress disorder more closely resemble the MMPI profiles of patients who have organic disease with pain caused by organic pathology than the profiles of patients with psychogenic pain and/or hypochondriasis.