title: Does the MMPI PTSD-PK scale measure robustness?
abstract: Research evaluating the diagnostic value of the MMPI PK scale for determining Posttraumatic Stress Disorder has been consistently positive. Various cut-off points have been suggested, depending on the population studied. The current study, involving a select group of police candidates from middle-sized midwestern towns, suggests that low PK scores may represent robustness. These subjects as a group made low use of health and mental health services and obtained very low PK scores (T = 41), although they made average scores on the clinical scales.
authors.affiliation: College of Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Sinnett
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Holen
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Heil
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*