TY - JOUR
T1 - Posttraumatic stress, depression and dissociation as predictors of MMPI-2 scale 8 scores in combat veterans with PTSD
AU - Elhai, Jon D.
AU - Frueh, Christopher B.
AU - Gold, Paul B.
AU - Hamner, Mark B.
AU - Gold, Steven N.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Findings from a previous study of sexual abuse trauma victims (Elhai, Gold, Mateus, & Astaphan, 2001) were replicated to assess whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and dissociation symptoms account for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scale 8 scores in combat trauma victims. Participants were 122 male veterans seeking outpatient treatment for combat-related PTSD. Hierarchical regression analysis assessed whether PTSD symptoms incrementally accounted for variation in scale 8 scores above and beyond depression and dissociation symptoms. Results revealed that PTSD symptoms did not incrementally account for additional scale 8 variation. However, negative and positive symptoms of psychosis did account for variance in scale 8. Clinical implications for assessment of PTSD and psychosis with trauma victims are discussed.
AB - Findings from a previous study of sexual abuse trauma victims (Elhai, Gold, Mateus, & Astaphan, 2001) were replicated to assess whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and dissociation symptoms account for Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) scale 8 scores in combat trauma victims. Participants were 122 male veterans seeking outpatient treatment for combat-related PTSD. Hierarchical regression analysis assessed whether PTSD symptoms incrementally accounted for variation in scale 8 scores above and beyond depression and dissociation symptoms. Results revealed that PTSD symptoms did not incrementally account for additional scale 8 variation. However, negative and positive symptoms of psychosis did account for variance in scale 8. Clinical implications for assessment of PTSD and psychosis with trauma victims are discussed.
KW - Combat
KW - Military veterans
KW - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
KW - Posttraumatic stress disorder
KW - Psychosis
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U2 - 10.1300/J229v04n01_04
DO - 10.1300/J229v04n01_04
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0037263009
SN - 1529-9732
VL - 4
SP - 51
EP - 64
JO - Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
JF - Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
IS - 1
ER -