title: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 across the human immunodeficiency virus spectrum.
abstract: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) was used to assess individuals' patterns of psychological symptoms across the spectrum of HIV illness. Two hundred and twenty-five participants in the present sample were administered the MMPI-2, 61 were HIV-seronegative controls, 61 were asymptomatic, 36 were symptomatic, and 67 met criteria for AIDS. Symptomatic HIV-seropositive patients scored higher on the Hypochondriasis, Conversion-Hysteria, and Depression Scales. These differences appeared to be largely due to an increase in somatic complaints rather than an increase in other depressive symptoms. Group differences did not appear to be due to HIV-associated neuropsychological dysfunction. Interpretive strategies for the MMPI-2 and treatment considerations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7025, USA.
authors.forename: Tina Hanlon
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Inman
authors.forename: Julie K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Esther
authors.forename: Wendy T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Colin D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Kevin R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology