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MMPI correlates of clinical women who report early sexual abuse
Author(s) -
Roland Billy C.,
Zelhart Paul F.,
Cochran Samuel W.,
Funderburk Van W.
Publication year - 1985
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(198511)41:6<763::aid-jclp2270410606>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , discriminant function analysis , psychology , sexual abuse , marital status , clinical psychology , psychiatry , sexual function , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , personality , medical emergency , psychoanalysis , population , machine learning , computer science , environmental health
It was predicted from Freud's seduction theory that women who experienced sexual assault early in life would be identifiable by the MMPI. Twenty‐six of 51 women treated at a psychotherapy clinic during a 2‐year period reported experiencing sexual abuse as a child (RA); 25 made no such claim (NRA). Age, income level, years of formal education, marital status, and k‐corrected scores of the MMPI were submitted to a stepwise multivariate discriminant analysis. It was found that the HY, MF, Hs, and PD scales constituted a linear function that correctly classified 72.55% of the subjects (Wilkes Lambda = .670785, df4, p = .0009). These scales correctly identified 73.1% of the RA and 72.0% of the NRA clients.