title: Comparison of MMPI-2 and MMPI clinical scales and high-point scores among methadone maintenance clients.
abstract: Methadone client volunteers completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Hathaway & McKinley, 1967) and MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) on consecutive days. MMPI-2 T-scores were lower by a mean of 4.7 on the clinical scales; when 5 points were added to MMPI-2 T-scores the mean difference was 2.3. Rank order of subjects on scale T-scores was not significantly different between the two instruments. High-point similarity for clinically elevated profile pairs ranged from 61% to 92%, depending upon definition of similarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health Sciences, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Husband
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Iguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone