title: Correlations for scores on the 180-item version of the MMPI-2 and the Neuroticism scale of the NEO-Personality Inventory.
abstract: 64 normal adult controls (53 men, 11 women; M age 45.2 yr.) in a study of an estuary-associated syndrome were administered the MMPI-2-180 and the Neuroticism scale from the NEO-Personality Inventory. Pearson product-moment correlations between MMPI-2 scales and the Neuroticism scale were similar to those reviously reported using the full-length MMPI. Correlations between MMPI-2 scales, D, Pt, Sc, and Si, and NEO-PI Neuroticism (range .44 to .52) suggest that many psychiatric conditions are associated with psychological distress of the type individuals high in trait neuroticism are prone to experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond 23298-0268, USA. rphart@hsc.vcu.edu
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stutts
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ingsrisawang
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology