The Differential Impacts of Alzheimer's Dementia, Head Injury, and Stroke on Personality Dysfunction

Author(s)

Zarabeth L. Golden
Charles J. Golden, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Neuroscience

ISSN

0020-7454

Publication Date

6-2003

Abstract

The current study was an attempt to empirically measure and compare the personality effects of Alzheimer's dementia, stroke, and head injury. The study hypothesized that there are differences in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) patterns generated by the three groups. It was hypothesized that head injury shows the most personality dysfunction. The subjects included 124 stroke clients, 290 head injury clients, and 166 dementia clients. These individuals averaged 58.04 years old, while the mean education was 12.67 years with a minimum of 7 years. The individuals were mostly Caucasian, but included 80 African-Americans, Hispanics, or others. The average chronicity was 77.55 months. The dependent variables were the patient's personality characteristics as measured by 15 MMPI-2 scales. A MANCOVA indicated that there was a significant difference among the three groups after covarying for age, education, and sex (F(30, 1116)=11.03, p

DOI

10.1080/00207450390200927

Volume

113

Issue

6

First Page

869

Last Page

878

NSUWorks Citation

Golden, Z. L., Golden, C. J. (2003). The Differential Impacts of Alzheimer's Dementia, Head Injury, and Stroke on Personality Dysfunction. International Journal of Neuroscience, 113(6), 869-878.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/343