title: Correlations between the Hand Test Pathology score and Personality Assessment Inventory scales for pain clinic patients.
abstract: Pearson correlations between the Hand Test Pathology (PATH) score and Personality Assessment Inventory scales produced a cluster of relationships characteristic of an antisocial orientation. Likewise, PATH significantly differentiated between a "P" (Pathology) group flagged by a high Negative Impression score on the inventory, and an "N" (Normal) group of 100 pain patients. It was suggested that the interpretive simplicity of Hand Test scores renders the scores amenable to further correlational studies involving the inventory.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011386:Projective Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results