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Peer reviewedProkop, Charles K. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
Examined the nature of elevations on the Hysteria scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in low back pain patients. Subscales reflecting somatic complaints were more powerful predictors of diagnostic status than were subscales with nonsomatic content. Overlapping and nonoverlapping items on the Hysteria and Hypochondriasis scales…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Problems, Mental Health, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedLudenia, Krista; Russell, Stephen F. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Examined relationships between the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales and subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with inpatients (N=90) at a alcohol treatment unit. Significant correlations were found between dimensions of perceived locus of control and various personality characteristics. (JAC)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Beliefs, Locus of Control, Males
Peer reviewedBeutler, Larry E.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Male patients complaining of impotence (N=32) were administered the Male Impotence Test (MIT) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). The results suggested that the MIT is without value for differentiating between psychogenic and biogenic impotence, whereas two rules from the MMPI appropriately classified 90 percent of the…
Descriptors: Males, Personality Measures, Physical Health, Prediction
Peer reviewedSmith, Timothy W.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
Indicated that cognitive distortion was associated with high scores on the Minnesota Multiophasic Personality Inventory (MMPH) Depression (D), Psychasthenia (Pt), and Schizophrenia (Sc) scales, but not the Hypochondriasis (Hs) and Hysteria (Hy) scales. Cognitive distortion is likely to be an important factor in general distress but not in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Problems, Physical Health
Peer reviewedMcGrath, Robert E.; O'Malley, W. Brian – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1986
Using samples of psychiatric, medical, and chronic pain patients, the effectiveness of the Hysteria scale and of various combinations of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales as predictors of the simultaneous occurrence of two characteristics was evaluated: denial of psychological problems and admission of physical problems. The value…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Personality Assessment, Physical Health, Psychological Characteristics
