Personality and treatment effectiveness in anorexia nervosa.
Compared pre- and posttreatment MMPI profiles of 12 female inpatients with anorexia nervosa using a scale-by-scale analysis of variance. Significant changes in clinical scales and a validity scale confirmed observed behavioral change after treatment. In addition, pretreatment profiles obtained at a different hospital were remarkably similar, which suggests a common constellation of personality characteristics in anorexia nervosa.
D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D010551:Personality; D011379:Prognosis; D011594:Psychometrics; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*