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T W Patterson

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PubMed1990

MMPI configural interpretation as applied to posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.

This study investigated the systems of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) configural interpretation of Skinner and Jackson (1978) and Kunce (1979) with Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). MMPI profiles of four groups differing in combat exposure were compared on four MMPI configural variables from Kunce (1979) and Skinner and Jackson (1978). The four groups were (a) PTSD sufferers, (b) Vietnam combat veterans without PTSD, (c) Vietnam noncombat veterans, and (d) Vietnam era veterans. All groups were further divided into hospitalized versus nonhospitalized subgroups. Dependent variables were Skinner and Jackson's (a) sociopathic modal profile, (b) neurotic profile, (c) psychotic profile, and (d) Kunce's emotional expression (enthusiastic-reserved) dimension. Results indicated that hospitalized PTSD subjects had significantly higher scores on Skinner and Jackson's neurotic profile; both hospitalized and nonhospitalized PTSD subjects had higher scores on the psychotic profile and were more "reserved" on Kunce's emotional expression dimension. Results were interpreted in terms of configural MMPI interpretation systems and the adjustment of Vietnam veterans with PTSD. PTSD was viewed as exhibiting cognitive, somatic, and affective features.

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PubMed1985

A study of post traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.

Three groups of Vietnam-era veterans were compared on the frequency of symptoms typical of the diagnostic criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a diagnostic category introduced in DSM III (N = 90). The three groups consisted of veterans who had experienced (a) a war-related traumatic event; (b) a non-war-related traumatic event; or (c) no traumatic event. The results indicated that the two groups who experienced a traumatic event reported significantly more symptoms than the group who never experienced a traumatic event. Furthermore, the group who experienced a war-related traumatic event reported more symptoms than the group who experienced a non-war-related traumatic event. These results support the validity of PTSD.

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PubMed1976

An evaluation of an MMPI response consistency measure.

Response inconsistency as an index for invalidating MMPI protocols was investigated by measuring the number of inconsistent responses given to 14 pairs of identical items by brain-damaged and nonbrain-damaged schizophrenic, alcoholic, neurotic and normal patients (n = 22 in each of the 8 groups). In addition the patient's number of inconsistent responses were correlated with the usual MMPI validity measures (?, L, F and K). Although all the response consistency scores of the groups were high it was found that the brain-damaged were more response inconsistent than the nonbrain-damaged patients (regardless of psychiatric diagnoses). The correlations between response inconsistency and the MMPI validity measures were significant but low. Because of the over-all high level of response consistency found for all the groups, it was concluded that MMPI protocol validity should be based on the validity scale measures, rather than upon response inconsistency.

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