title: MMPI-2 profiles of worker's compensation claimants who present with complaints of harassment.
abstract: This study intended to differentiate among worker's compensation claimants with psychological problems who presented with work-related harassment and non-harassment complaints on the basis of their MMPI-2 profiles. Analysis of MMPI-2 mean scores revealed that the Harassment group scored significantly higher than the Non-harassment group on scale 6 of the MMPI-2. This was interpreted to mean that the Harassment group was more oversensitive, suspicious, and angry than the other group. There was no evidence that the Harassment group was more likely to exaggerate or malinger than the Non-harassment group. The profile pattern for both groups was otherwise very similar to those found in previous studies that have used MMPI worker's compensation claimants who present with psychological problems.
authors.affiliation: California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gandolfo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014942:Workers' Compensation