Faculty Articles
Identifying Subtypes of Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: An MMPI-2 Cluster Analysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Traumatic Stress
ISSN
0894-9867
Publication Date
1-2001
Abstract
This paper investigated subtypes of women childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors through a cluster analysis of their Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) clinical and validity scales. Participants were 117 women in outpatient treatment for CSA aftereffects at a university-affiliated community mental health center. Three well-fitting MMPI-2 cluster solutions were evaluated with discriminant analyses and MANOVAs; a 5-cluster solution was deemed optimal. Follow-up analyses demonstrated significant between-cluster differences on the Impact of Event Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Dissociative Experiences Scale, and nearly all Symptom Checklist-90-Revised subscales. No differences emerged when comparing clusters on the Family Environment Scale and their CSA characteristics. Implications were considered for research and clinical practice, using the MMPI-2 with CSA survivors.
DOI
10.1023/A:1007847901572
Volume
14
Issue
1
First Page
157
Last Page
175
NSUWorks Citation
Elhai, J. D.,
Klotz Flitter, J. M.,
Gold, S. N.,
Sellers, A. H.
(2001). Identifying Subtypes of Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: An MMPI-2 Cluster Analysis. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14(1), 157-175.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/495
