What's in a name? The MMPI-2 PTSD scales

Miller, Hubert; Goldberg, Joel O.; Streiner, David L.

doi:10.1002/1097-4679(199509)51:5<626::aid-jclp2270510507>3.0.co;2-f

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“…A review by Wise (1996) found that the MMPI 8-2 profile best distinguished PTSD and other psychiatric patients. In contrast, Miller, Goldberg, and Streiner (1995) found little utility in using the MMPI-2 PTSD scales to identify patients with anxiety disorders from patients who were injured in traffic accidents (although few of the accident patients were diagnosed with PTSD).…”

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Differential diagnosis of PTSD, schizophrenia, and depression with the MMPI-2

Greenblatt

Davis

1999

J. Clin. Psychol.

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This study used 102 male, veteran, psychiatric inpatients to describe patterns of MMPI-2 clinical and content scales that most accurately discriminate among patients diagnosed with PTSD, schizophrenia, and depression. Single scale accuracy classification using scales PK and PS was unacceptably low. Optimally weighted scales, including PK, Sc, BIZ, and ANX, correctly classified 70% of the patients. Suggestions for facilitating the use of formal decision rules are offered.

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Differential diagnosis of PTSD, schizophrenia, and depression with the MMPI-2

Greenblatt

Davis

1999

J. Clin. Psychol.

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“…With regard to the PK scale, findings are also somewhat ambiguous. Although many reports suggest adequate discrimination between groups using a cutoff score on the PK scale (Cannon, Bell, Andrews, & Finkelstein, 1987;Query, Megran, & McDonald, 1986; C. G. Watson et al, 1986), some studies suggest that the scale is best described as a measure of general distress not specific to PTSD (Gayton et al, 1986;Hyer, Boudewyns, O'Leary, & Harrison, 1987;Miller, Goldberg, & Streiner, 1995;Scheibe, Bagby, Miller, & Dorian, 2001).…”

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The Utility of the PAI and the MMPI-2 for Discriminating PTSD, Depression, and Social Phobia in Trauma-Exposed College Students

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This study investigated the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Revised (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) with regard to each instrument's utility for discriminating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from depression and social phobia in a sample of college students with mixed civilian trauma exposure. Participants were 90 trauma-exposed undergraduates (16 male, 74 female) classified into one of four groups: PTSD, depressive disorders, social phobia, and well-adjusted. For both the PAI and the MMPI-2, profile analysis revealed that the groups differed in the elevation and shape of their profiles. The PAI Traumatic Stress subscale demonstrated good discriminant validity.

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“…Higher scores on the Welsh’s Anxiety (A) scale indicated symptoms of anxiety, as well as general maladjustment, including psychological turmoil and poor functioning (Welsh, 1956). Also, Keane, Malloy, and Fairbank (1984), Graham, Ben-Porath, and McNulty (1999), and Miller, Goldberg, and Streiner (1995) demonstrated a relationship between the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PK) scale and symptoms of general emotional distress and psychological maladjustment. Based on all the above research, we can assume that there is the potential for new recruits who score high in MMPI-2 to have mental health problems and possibly have difficulties with both interpersonal interactions and army training.…”

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The Adjustment of New Recruits to Military Life in the Chinese Army

Xiao

Han

2011

Journal of Career Assessment

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In this article, the authors present the findings of two studies analyzing new recruits' adjustment to army life in the Chinese military. In the first exploratory study, we developed a scale to measure new recruits' adjustment to military life, and found that new soldiers' adaptation could be divided into two distinct types: interpersonal adjustment and training adjustment. Interpersonal adjustment was a soldier's ability to build harmonious relationships with peer soldiers, supervisors, and military officers. Training adjustment was a soldier's ability to achieve standards of professional competence and military training. Based on the findings of this first study, the authors conducted a second study to investigate the predictive power of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) on new recruits' adjustment. The results of this longitudinal study indicated that MMPI-2 could predict the initial stages of both interpersonal and training adjustment, as well as the subsequent change rate of these two types of adjustment. Our analyses have several important implications for recruiting, selecting, and training Chinese military leaders and human resource professionals.

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What's in a name? The MMPI-2 PTSD scales

Cited by 22 publications

References 15 publications

Differential diagnosis of PTSD, schizophrenia, and depression with the MMPI-2

Differential diagnosis of PTSD, schizophrenia, and depression with the MMPI-2

The Utility of the PAI and the MMPI-2 for Discriminating PTSD, Depression, and Social Phobia in Trauma-Exposed College Students

The Adjustment of New Recruits to Military Life in the Chinese Army

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