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The personality and symptoms scales of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory: Sensitivity to posttreatment outcomes
Author(s) -
McMahon Robert C.,
Flynn Patrick M.,
Davidson Robert S.
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<862::aid-jclp2270410623>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - millon clinical multiaxial inventory , psychology , personality , clinical psychology , personality assessment inventory , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychometrics , internal consistency , personality test , psychiatry , test validity , personality disorders , social psychology
This study examined patterns of consistency and change on the basic personality and symptom scales of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) in a sample of VA inpatient alcoholics ( N = 96), who were administered the MCMI at intake and at 1 month into treatment, and in a sample of drug abusers ( N = 33), who received MCMI administrations at intake into treatment and after 1 and 3 months of treatment. Both alcohol and drug abuser samples in this study showed significant changes on most personality and symptom scales between intake and 1 month into treatment. The drug abusers showed small, but significant changes on three personality scales between 1 and 3 months of treatment. No such changes on symptom scales were apparent in this analysis.