title: MMPI correlates of clinical women who report early sexual abuse.
abstract: It was predicted from Freud's seduction theory that women who experienced sexual assault early in life would be identifiable by the MMPI. Twenty-six of 51 women treated at a psychotherapy clinic during a 2-year period reported experiencing sexual abuse as a child (RA); 25 made no such claim (NRA). Age, income level, years of formal education, marital status, and k-corrected scores of the MMPI were submitted to a stepwise multivariate discriminant analysis. It was found that the HY, MF, HS, and PD scales constituted a linear function that correctly classified 72.55% of the subjects (Wilkes Lambda = .670785, df 4, p = .0009). These scales correctly identified 73.1% of the RA and 72.0% of the NRA clients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002649:Child Abuse; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011613:Psychotherapy