Faculty Articles
Posttraumatic Stress, Depression and Dissociation as Predictors of MMPI-2 Scale 8 Scores in Combat Veterans with PTSD
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Publication Title
Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
Volume
4
Issue/Number
1
First Page
51
ISSN
1529-9732
Last Page
64
Abstract/Excerpt
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) scale8 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.
DOI
10.1300/J229v04n01_04
NSUWorks Citation
Elahi, J. D.,
Frueh, B. C.,
Gold, P. B.,
Hamner, M. B.,
Gold, S. N.
(2003). Posttraumatic Stress, Depression and Dissociation as Predictors of MMPI-2 Scale 8 Scores in Combat Veterans with PTSD. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 4(1), 51-64.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/487