Book Reviews : Richard I. Lanyon. A Handbook of MMPI Group Profiles. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1968, Pp. vii + 78. $7.50

Layton, Wilbur L.

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“…Very consistent data have suggested that the mean profile for groups of alcoholics is characterized as a 42 two-point code type (Button, 1956; Fowler & Bernard, 1960; Graham, 1978; Hewitt, 1943; Hodo & Fowler, 1976; Holland, Levi, & Watson, 1981; Hoyt & Sedlacek, 1958; Lanyon, 1968; McKenna & Pickens, 1981; Rohan et al, 1969; Rosen, 1960; Whitelock, Overall, & Patrick, 1971). Two studies have reported differences in the mean profiles of male and female alcoholics (Graham, 1978; Hewitt, 1943), with men having a 42 two-point code and women having a 46 two-point code.…”

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MMPI characteristics of alcoholics: A review.

Graham¹,

Strenger²

1988

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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MMPI characteristics of alcoholics: A review.

Graham¹,

Strenger²

1988

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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“…The empirical literature in this area, which is relatively sparse except for the MMPI, shows that this is not the case. While MMPI profiles of sex offenders differ on the average from those of normals, they do not show meaningful differences from those of offenders in general (e.g., Lanyon, 1968). Other reviews have shown that sex offenders in general do not have backgrounds and personality characteristics that make them reliably distinguishable (Blair & Lanyon, 1981; Grossman, 1980; Rada, 1978).…”

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Psychological assessment procedures in court-related settings.

Lanyon¹

1986

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The state of the art of psychological assessment in court-related settings (excluding personnel questions and personal injury cases) is reviewed. For optimal effectiveness of psychological assessments in the courts, it is recommended that instruments be developed that are specific to each particular topic and be used within an overall psychological assessment framework, with less reliance on traditional psychological assessment tools. The assessment of competency to stand trial is potentially amenable to such an approach, as is, to a lesser degree, violent behavior, at least for some persons in some situations. Certain aspects of child custody situations may also be amenable to the development and use of problem-specific assessment devices. This approach appears to have less promise in assessments related to insanity and homicide. The assessment of task-taking defensiveness is particularly important in forensic settings, but it is in need of much research and development.

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“…Of the 49 completed MMPIs, 5 were invalid ( F -scale T score > 100 or K -scale score > 70) and, therefore, were discarded from the study (this procedure is consistent with the work of Duckworth, 1979; Gilberstadt & Duker, 1965; King-Ellison Good & Brantner, 1961; Lanyon, 1968). Thus, only the scores of 44 subjects (14 borderline and 30 nonborderline) were analyzed on the 14 MMPI variables.…”

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“…Individuals with borderline personality disorder have been shown to have the highest elevations ( T score ≥ 70) on Scales 2, 4, 7, and 8 of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Abramowitz, Carroll, & Schaffer, 1984; Gustin et al, 1983; Lloyd, Overall, & Click, 1983; Patrick, 1984). The MMPI codes have also been used to diagnose alcoholics (Duckworth, 1979; Gilberstadt & Duker, 1965; Lanyon, 1968), and particular MMPI code types have been found to differentiate subgroups of alcoholics (Kline & Snyder, 1985; Robyak, Donham, Roy, & Ludenia, 1984). Svanum and Dallas (1981) described alcoholics who showed a high-point configuration on Scales 2, 4, 7, and 8 in terms of their high depression, psychological turmoil, poor impulse control, drug abuse, unmodulated expression of affect, and feelings of alienation.…”

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Borderline personality-disordered alcoholics in Iceland: Descriptions on demographic, clinical, and MMPI variables.

Jonsdottir-Baldursson¹,

Horváth²

1987

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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A particular Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPIJ high-point configuration was found to describe borderline personality disorder within a general alcoholic inpatient population. We also partially replicated, in an Icelandic sample of alcoholics, the findings of Nace, Saxon, and Shore (1983) on the clinical and demographic characteristics of borderline patients. Subjects were 51 male and female inpatient alcoholics consecutively admitted to an Icelandic psychiatric hospital. Gunderson's Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines and the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test were used to diagnose borderline personality disorder and alcoholism, respectively. As predicted, a particular MMPI high-point configuration characterized alcoholics with borderline personality disorder but did not characterize nonborderline patients. Borderline patients were also more likely to be younger, to abuse other psychotropic drugs besides alcohol, and to have a family history of mental illness. The rinding of a borderline personality-disordered subgroup among alcoholics contests the view of alcoholism as a unitary disease and has implications for treatment.Global conceptualizations of alcoholism that focus on ethanol consumption and dependency have been criticized by a number of authors (Morey, Skinner, & Blashfield, 1984;Pattison, Sobell, & Sobell, 1977;Skinner, Glaser, & Annis, 1982). It has been suggested that there are different types of alcoholics and that efficient classification should be a fundamental step in the scientific study of the alcoholic (Kline & Snyder, 1985;Svanum & Dallas, 1981).One suggested diagnostic type of alcoholic is the schizoid personality with severe alcohol dependence (Morey et al., 1984).Borderline personality-disordered alcoholics form a similar diagnostic subgroup, and they have been recommended for a special form of therapy (Hellman, 1981). In a careful study, 12.8% of alcoholics in an inpatient alcoholic program were found to have borderline personality disorder (Nace, Saxon, & Shore, 1983). The borderline patients were distinguished, among other symptoms, by more frequent polydrug use, by combined use of alcohol and drugs, by familial mental illness, by prior psychotherapy, and by a continuing need for outpatient treatment. Although they were younger than the nonborderline patients, they This article is based on the first author's master's thesis at Acadia University under the supervision of the second author. We wish to thank Elizabeth Blackmer and Patrick O'Neill for their helpful comments on this study. For their generous help with the project, we wish to thank

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Book Reviews : Richard I. Lanyon. A Handbook of MMPI Group Profiles. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1968, Pp. vii + 78. $7.50

Cited by 5 publications

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MMPI characteristics of alcoholics: A review.

MMPI characteristics of alcoholics: A review.

Psychological assessment procedures in court-related settings.

Borderline personality-disordered alcoholics in Iceland: Descriptions on demographic, clinical, and MMPI variables.

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