Psychopathology and Personality Characteristics in Pathological Gamblers: Identifying Subgroups of Gamblers

We examined psychopathology and personality characteristics among 62 pathological gamblers (49 men and 13 women; mean age 37.8 years), measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). The mean MMPI-2 profile of the present sample of gamblers was characterized by elevated scores on depression and psychasthenia (anxiety/tension). Latent class analysis revealed 3 separate latent clusters: one with MMPI-2 profiles within the normal range, one with a moderately elevated profile, and one with elevations on most of the clinical scales. We conclude that pathological gamblers are a heterogeneous group with different degrees of pathology and personality configurations; thus, one cannot talk about a general "gambler personality" as such. Interventions for pathological gamblers should therefore take into consideration the pattern and the level of psychopathology of the patients.

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MMPI-2/A ASSESSED PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE WHO DO, AND DO NOT, STUTTER

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2006.34.3.271 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 271-294 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Martin Treon ◽

Lloyd Dempster ◽

Karen Blaesing

Keyword(s):

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Emotional Functioning ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Emotional Disorder ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Somatic Complaints ◽

Normal Range ◽

Personality Differences

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2 and MMPI-A) was administered to 60 subjects who stutter (SWS) and to 60 matched subjects who do not stutter (SWNS). Computer scored results indicate a statistically significant (p = .017) greater average tendency toward psychosocial-emotional disorder in SWS than in SWNS. Also, mean T-scores in 24 of the 93 scales/subscales assessed were statistically significantly higher for SWS than for SWNS, especially in personality characteristics related to schizophrenia, depression, healthy concerns-somatic complaints, psychasthenia, anxiety-fearfulness, and self-doubt/selfdepreciation. Overall, these findings tend to support the tendency toward psychopathology (TTP) pole of the etiologic bipolar stuttering threshold hypothesis (Treon, 1995, 2002). In accord with this hypothesis, average MMPI-2/A T-scores for SWS were within the normal range of psychosocial-emotional functioning.

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MMPI-2 in Child Custody Litigation

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000192 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 110-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Paolo Roma ◽

Federica Ricci ◽

Georgios D. Kotzalidis ◽

Luigi Abbate ◽

Anna Lubrano Lavadera ◽

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Keyword(s):

Child Custody ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Custody Evaluations ◽

Self Presentation ◽

Female Population ◽

Clinical Scales ◽

Forensic Assessments ◽

Child Custody Evaluations ◽

Italian Women

In recent years, several studies have addressed the issue of positive self-presentation bias in assessing parents involved in postdivorce child custody litigations. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is widely used in forensic assessments and is able to evaluate positive self-presentation through its Superlative Self-Presentation S scale. We investigated the existence of a gender effect on positive self-presentation bias in an Italian sample of parents involved in court evaluation. Participants were 391 divorced parents who completed the full 567-item Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 during child custody evaluations ordered by several Italian courts between 2006 and 2010. Our analysis considered the S scale along with the basic clinical scales. North-American studies had shown no gender differences in child custody litigations. Differently, our results showed a significantly higher tendency toward “faking-good” profiles on the MMPI-2 among Italian women as compared to men and as compared to the normative Italian female population. Cultural and social factors could account for these differences.

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Clusters of the Risk Markers and the Pattern of Premature Coronary Heart Disease: An Application of the Latent Class Analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine ◽

10.3389/fcvm.2021.707070 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Leila Jahangiry ◽

Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi ◽

Mahdi Najafi ◽

Parvin Sarbakhsh

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Coronary Heart Disease ◽

Latent Class Analysis ◽

High Probability ◽

Latent Class ◽

Class Analysis ◽

Risk Markers ◽

History Of ◽

Opium Addiction ◽

The Mean

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of mortality in the world with a significant impact on the younger population. The aim of this study was to identify prematurity among patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) based on the clustering of CHD risk factors.Methods: Patients were recruited from an existing cohort of candidates for CABG surgery named Tehran Heart Center Coronary Outcome Measurement (THC-COM). A latent class analysis (LCA) model was formed using 11 potential risk factors as binary variables: cigarette smoking, obesity, diabetes, family history of CHD, alcohol use, opium addiction, hypertension, history of stroke, history of myocardial infarction (MI), peripheral vascular disease (PVD), and hyperlipidemia (HLP). We analyzed our data to figure out how the patients are going to be clustered based on their risk factors.Results: For 566 patients who were studied, the mean age (SD) and BMI of patients were 59.1 (8.9) and 27.3 (4.1), respectively. The LCA model fit with two latent classes was statistically significant (G2 = 824.87, df = 21, p < 0.0001). The mean (SD) age of patients for Class I and Class II was 55.66 (8.55) and 60.87 (8.66), respectively. Class I (premature) was characterized by a high probability of smoking, alcohol consumption, opium addiction, and a history of MI (P < 0.05), and class II by a high probability of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.Conclusion: Latent class analysis calculated two groups of severe CHD with distinct risk markers. The younger group, which is characterized by smoking, addiction, and the history of MI, can be regarded as representative of premature CHD.

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Use of the MMPI—A to Assess Personality of Juvenile Male Delinquents Who are Sex Offenders and Nonsex Offenders

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1998.83.1.115 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 83 (1) ◽

pp. 115-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Gloria Losada-Paisey

Keyword(s):

Sex Offenders ◽

Discriminant Function ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Juvenile Male ◽

Clinical Scales ◽

Psychopathic Deviate ◽

Juvenile Males ◽

The Relationship

The present study investigated the relationship between offender type and personality in 21 juvenile males adjudicated for crimes of a sexual nature and 30 juvenile males adjudicated for nonsexual offenses including Possession of Narcotics, Burglary, Criminal Mischief, Assault, and other crimes involving property. Subjects who were aged 13 to 17 years (mean age 15) and committed to the State of Connecticut, Long Lane School, were administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–Adolescent (MMPI–A). Scores on Psychopathic Deviate and Schizophrenia scales contributed most to the juveniles being classified as sex offenders, whereas scores on Hysteria and Psychasthenia contributed primarily to subjects being classified as nonsex offenders. A single discriminant function attained statistical significance, thereby correctly classifying 77% of the nonsex offenders and 71% of the sex offenders. Results indicate that sex offenders may be distinguished from nonsex offenders according to clinical scales of the MMPI–A.

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Influence of Dissimulation on Indexes of Response Consistency for the MMPI

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1985.57.3.1013 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 57 (3) ◽

pp. 1013-1014 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nicholas T. Gallucci

Keyword(s):

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Medical Center ◽

Psychiatric Patients ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Veterans Administration ◽

Disability Benefits ◽

Administration Medical ◽

Random Responding ◽

Clinical Scales ◽

Response Consistency

Whether indexes of consistent responding on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) measured dissimulation versus random responding was evaluated with Veterans Administration Medical Center psychiatric patients who were applying for disability benefits. Elevations on the Test-Retest index and Carelessness scale did not correspond with motivation to dissimulate. Comparing profiles without elevated validity indexes and with Carelessness scales that were either elevated or not elevated, the clinical scales were uniformly higher for profiles with heightened Carelessness scales.

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Karakteristik Kepribadian Narapidana Kasus Pembunuhan Berencana Ditinjau dari Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2

Journal An-Nafs Kajian Penelitian Psikologi ◽

10.33367/psi.v5i2.1140 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 184-199

Author(s):

Rahel Gloria Natalia Abel ◽

Setyani Alfinuha

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Social Relations ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Measuring Instrument ◽

Prison Sentence ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Very High

Crime as premeditated murder is one of the main problems in Indonesia. The prevalence of murder cases tends to increase. Personality characteristics that play a role in the case of premeditated murder are unique. Prison convicts have varied and unique personality compared to people in general. A test uses to find out the personality traits that were needed to administer. Thus, the diagnosis and application of intervention were preciseness. The measuring instrument employed in this study was the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). This study aims to determine the psychopathological indications of convicted murder cases in MMPI-2. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with one participant planning murder who was serving a prison sentence of 20 years. The result is participants had a psychopathological predisposition to schizophrenia (84 = very high), paranoia (83 = very high), and hypomania (81 = very high). A prisoner with this kind of psychopathological predisposition tended to feel insecure, lonely, anxious, and depressed but sometimes also felt happy or have excessive energy. The participant also avoided social relations and did not want to involve emotions deeply. The results of MMPI-2 showed that the characteristics of schizophrenia, paranoid, hypomania might encourage someone to commit sadistic behavior such as serial killings

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Personality Characteristics of Women with Fibromyalgia and of Women with Chronic Neck, Shoulder, or Low Back Complaints in Terms of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Defense Mechanism Technique Modified

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain ◽

10.1300/j094v10n03_03 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 33-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Tomas Trygg ◽

Gunnar Lundberg ◽

Elisabeth Rosenlund ◽

Toomas Timpka ◽

Björn Gerdle

Keyword(s):

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Defense Mechanism ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Low Back

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Relative practical utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 Restructured Clinical Scales versus the Clinical Scales in a chronic pain patient sample

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology ◽

10.1080/13803395.2010.495056 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 140-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

David M. McCord ◽

Lauren C. Drerup

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Chronic Pain Patient ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Pain Patient ◽

Restructured Clinical Scales ◽

Practical Utility ◽

Clinical Scales ◽

Patient Sample ◽

Restructured Clinical

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Studi Kasus Karakteristik Kepribadian Pasien Skizofrenia Paranoid Ditinjau dari Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)

Insight Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi ◽

10.32528/ins.v16i2.3781 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 201-208

Author(s):

Rikza Novita Muna'amah ◽

Elly Yuliandari Gunatirin

Keyword(s):

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽

Paranoid Schizophrenia ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Measuring Instruments ◽

Personality Tests ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Very High

The personality of paranoid schizophrenia patients is certainly different and has its own peculiarities, therefore, some personality tests are needed so that the diagnosis and application of the intervention can be on target. One of the measuring instruments which widely used is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). The purpose of this study was to study the personality characteristics of paranoid schizophrenia patients that reviewed with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). The sampling technique used purposive sampling with one patient. Paranoid schizophrenia has personality characteristics of the type Schizophrenia (Sc) (94 = very high) and Paranoia (Pa) (83 = very high). These patients often have delusions and hallucinations, making it difficult to determine reality and fantasy.

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