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MMPI correlates of Performance intellectual deficits in patients with right hemisphere lesions
Author(s) -
Gass Carlton S.,
Russell Elbert W.
Publication year - 1987
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(198709)43:5<484::aid-jclp2270430509>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , neuropsychology , right hemisphere , clinical psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , anxiety , depression (economics) , lateralization of brain function , audiology , neuropsychological assessment , intelligence quotient , psychiatry , developmental psychology , personality , cognition , medicine , cognitive psychology , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
This study investigated the emotional adjustment of 50 patients with focal brain damage in the right hemisphere (RHD). The impact of functional loss (as assessed by the WAIS Performance IQ) was assessed by a multivariate comparison of the composite MMPI profiles of these patients as classified into three groups: Below Average, Average, and Above Average Performance IQ. Regardless of the extent of decline in Performance‐related abilities, right hemisphere impairment was associated with symptoms of mild depression, loss of initiative, anxiety, denial, and somatic preoccupations. MMPI scores were not correlated significantly with their WAIS Performance IQs. Implications for neuropsychological assessment are discussed.