The Effect of Presence or Absence of Low Back Pain on the MMPI's Conversion V

Autor:	Richard A. Sherman, John G. Arena, Michael R. Camfield
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory medicine Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Hysteria Pain free medicine.symptom medicine.disease Psychology Low back pain General Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Military Psychology. 7:29-38
ISSN:	1532-7876 0899-5605
DOI:	10.1207/s15327876mp0701_3
Popis:	The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is commonly used to evaluate psychological contributions to low back pain. The scales frequently used in the evaluation contain numerous pain-related questions. We asked 53 male and 18 female orthopedic ward inpatients who had organic findings accounting for their low back pain to take a modified version of the MMPI that contained the questions comprising the Hypochondriasis, Depression, K (correction), and Hysteria scales. The subjects answered each question twice: the first time as they would have answered when pain free and the second time as they felt with their current pain. The results showed that the Hysteria and Hypochondriasis scales were significantly elevated when subjects changed from the way they would have answered when pain free to their current in pain states. The elevations were due to changes in endorsement of pain-specific items. Thus, when the MMPI is given to low back pain patients, the presence of a low or mid-range conversion V ...
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