How Intelligent are Organicity Scales of the MMPI?

Author(s)

Arthur M. Horton
Michelle Timmons
Charles J. Golden, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1982

Publication Title

Clinical Neuropsychology

Volume

4

Issue/Number

4

First Page

170

ISSN

0363-8715

Last Page

171

Abstract/Excerpt

The WAIS Verbal IQs of 16 psychiatric patients (mean age 53.3 yrs) were not related to 3 measures of organicity derived from the MMPI: the Caudality and Organicity scales developed by J. S. Wiggins (1966) and the Psychiatric-Organic scale of C. G. Watson and D. Plemel (see record 1979-25143-001). However, Performance and Full-Scale IQs were significantly related to the Caudality scale. The Caudality scale may represent a measure of nonverbal intelligence that is sensitive to brain changes. (9 ref)

NSUWorks Citation

Horton, A. M., Timmons, M., Golden, C. J. (1982). How Intelligent are Organicity Scales of the MMPI?. Clinical Neuropsychology, 4(4), 170-171.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/743