Premium
The Scores of Eysenck's Criterion Groups on some MMPI Scales Related to Emotionality and Extraversion
Author(s) -
BLACKBURN R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1968.tb00535.x
Subject(s) - hysteria , extraversion and introversion , psychology , emotionality , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , neuroticism , personality , eysenck personality questionnaire , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , big five personality traits , social psychology , psychiatry
A comparison was made of the scores of dysthymics, hysterics and psychopaths on seven MMPI scales (A, Pt, R, Ex, Si, Ma and R‐S) selected on the basis of their relations to emotionality or neuroticism (N) and introversion‐extraversion (I‐E). Byrne's R‐S (Repression‐Sensitization) scale was included since it was proposed that the concepts underlying it might be related to hysteria‐dysthymia, but on the basis of emotionality rather than I‐E. Hysterics were found to score significantly lower on all N scales than dysthymics, psychopaths scoring between the two groups. Hysterics did not differ from dysthymics on R and Ma, psychopaths being more extraverted than both. This was not so for Ex and Si, hysterics and psychopaths being similar, and both significantly more extraverted than dysthymics. Intercorrelations supported a suggestion of two clusters, tentatively identified as ‘impulsivity’ (R and Ma) and ‘sociability’ (Ex and Si). However, the latter scales were not independent of the N scales. ‘Sociability’ might thus be influenced by emotionality levels, interpreted here as ‘anxiety’. The results suggest that hysteria‐dysthymia may be related to emotionality, while the relationship to I‐E is ambiguous.