title: Personality and psychopathology profiles of veterans' wives: measuring distress using the MMPI-2.
abstract: The present study compared personality and psychopathology profiles of veterans' wives against married women in the MMPI-2 restandardization sample. Differences in levels of distress and pathology were analyzed using the validity, clinical, and content scales of the MMPI-2. As expected, veterans' wives, when compared to restandardization wives, reported higher levels of psychopathology and distress, with symptoms such as depression, social maladjustment, and other negative, internal symptomatic behaviors. Findings are discussed in terms of the need for additional research examining this "at-risk" population.
authors.affiliation: Auburn University, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Alessi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: White Ray
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012307:Risk Factors; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014728:Veterans