Relationship of NEO-PI to personality styles and severity of trauma in chronic PTSD victims.
The relationship of the NEO-PI to personality disorders was evaluated in a clinical population. Eighty subjects with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were given this measure, along with the MCMI-II and PTSD and combat scales. Two questions were addressed: (1) What is the relationship of NEO-PI domains and facets to personality disorders?; and (2) What is this scale's relationship to PTSD problems? Results support previous studies that employed a clinical population, but with lower correlation coefficients. For the most part, then, the NEO-PI domains and facets correlated in expected ways with the MCMI-II. On PTSD measures, N accounted for the majority of the variance, but other domains were entered when independent regression equations were calculated to account for different personality disorders.
Hyer
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Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia.
Braswell
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Albrecht
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Boyd
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Boudewyns
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Talbert
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D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*