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An analysis of the influence of insurance sponsorship on MMPI changes among patients with chronic pain
Author(s) -
Fow Neil R.,
Dorris Gregory,
Sittig Michael,
SmithSeemiller Laura
Publication year - 2002
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/jclp.2012
Subject(s) - moderation , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , chronic pain , multivariate analysis , population , clinical psychology , multivariate statistics , multivariate analysis of variance , psychiatry , personality , medicine , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
Pretreatment and posttreatment MMPI scores of 821 patients who completed a chronic pain program were submitted to a multivariate analysis of variance, examining the effects of age, gender, and insurance sponsorship. With the exception of scale 9, all clinical scales were significantly lower at posttreatment. Only the sponsorship variable was found to be a moderator variable for these treatment effects, with decreases on scales 1, 2, 3, and 0 attenuated in subjects with Worker's Compensation sponsorship compared to other sponsorship. Suggestions for further multivariate research with this population are discussed. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 58: 827–832, 2002.