title: Substance user MMPI-2 profiles: predicting failure in completing treatment.
abstract: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 protocols were examined in an attempt to develop a model able to identify chemically-dependent patients likely not to complete treatment. MMPI-2 profiles of 173 patients (142 male) were analyzed using profile code types and a multiple analysis of variance. A chi-square showed that patients classified as neurotic were more likely to fail treatment. A MANOVA indicated that elevated T-scores on Scales 7 and 8 (p < .05) were related to noncompletion. Comparing these results with similar studies indicates that attempting to construct a predictive model based on a single objective measure may not be sufficient to determine outcome.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Dependency Studies, Mankato State University, Minnesota 56002, USA.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roiger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs