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Graham, John R.; Strenger, Virginia E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Reviews research concerning the usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in identification of alcoholics' personality characteristics. Discusses scales, profile configurations, and item analyses. Finds no single personality type characteristic of all alcoholics, although six cluster types occur with consistency. Alcoholics…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Individual Characteristics, Personality Assessment

Bertelson, Amy D.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Performed statistical analyses on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory results of 231 Black and 231 White male and female psychiatric patients matched for sex, age, residence, employment, years of education, marital status, socioeconomic status, and hospital status. Results indicated no differences beyond chance for any of the dependent…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Blacks, Demography, Personality Measures

Putzke, John D.; Williams, Mark A.; Millsaps, Cheryl L.; McCarty, Harry J.; Azrin, Richard L.; LaMarche, Judith A.; Boll, Thomas J.; Bourge, Robert C.; Kirklin, James K.; McGiffin, David C. – Assessment, 1997
The emotional cognitive relationship was examined in 136 heart transplant candidates undergoing psychosocial and cognitive assessment as part of evaluation for transplantation. Results show increased emotional distress was reliably associated with decreased cognitive functioning in patients who scored as nondefensive on the Minnesota Multiphasic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Defense Mechanisms, Emotional Problems, Emotional Response