Age differences in MMPI scale scores from 1,189 psychiatric patients

Schenkenberg, Thomas; Gottfredson, Douglas K.; Christensen, Phillip

doi:10.1002/1097-4679(198411)40:6<1420::aid-jclp2270400625>3.0.co;2-s

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“…Across diagnostic categories and racial groups, age was positively correlated with depression and somatic concerns and inversely related to antisocial personality traits. These differences on the MMPI are generally consistent with previously reported age differences among alcoholics and within the general psychiatric population (Aaronson, 1958; Delatte & Delatte, 1984; Faulstich et al, 1985; Filstead et al, 1983; Graham & Strenger, 1988; Gynther & Shimkunas, 1966; McGinnis & Ryan, 1965; McLachlan, 1975; Penk, Charles et al, 1982; Schenkenberg et al, 1984; Wilson et al, 1977). Thus, age effects on MMPI do not appear to interact with race or type of substance abused.…”

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“…Alcoholics in treatment typically are older than drug abusers in treatment (Keskinen, 1987; cf. Method section), and age is known to be correlated with MMPI scores in both the general psychiatric population (e.g., Aaronson, 1958; Gynther & Shimkunas, 1966; Schenkenberg, Gottfredson, & Christensen, 1984) and among alcoholics (Delatte & Delatte, 1984; Faulstich, Carey, Delatte, & Delatte, 1985; Filstead, Drachman, Rossi, & Getsinger, 1983; Graham & Strenger, 1988; McGinnis & Ryan, 1965; McLachlan, 1975; Penk, Charles, et al, 1982; Wilson, Mabry, Khavari, & Dalpes, 1977). In both the general psychiatric population and among alcoholics, MMPI scales Hypochondriasis ( Hs ) and Depression ( D ) are usually higher in older subjects and scales F , Psychopathic Deviate ( Pd ), Psychasthenia ( Pt ), Schizophrenia ( Sc ), and Hypomania ( Ma ) are usually lower in older subjects.…”

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MMPI differences between alcoholics and drug abusers: Effect of age and race.

Cannon

Bell

Fowler

et al. 1990

Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical

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Inpatients in Veterans Administration substance-abuse treatment programs voluntarily took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) as part of a routine clinical evaluation. The alcohol-dependence-only group (n = 207) were older (M = 49.6 years) and had a higher percentage of White Ss (72.9%) than did either the drug-dependence group (n = 49, M = 32.9 years, Whites = 5 3.1%) or a mixed alcohol-and drug-dependence group (n = 160,M= 35.0 years, Whites = 60.0%). Previously reported differences between alcoholics and drug abusers in depression and psychopathy were obtained when age and race were not used as covariates, but no differences were found when the effects of age and race were statistically controlled. Mixed alcohol and drug abusers had somewhat more pathological MMPI scores than did alcoholics, even when effects due to age and race were partialed out.Previous comparisons of alcoholics and drug abusers on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) have shown that alcoholics have higher levels of anxiety, depression, and somatic concerns and that drug abusers tend to be more psychopathic (Holland, 1977;Kranitz, 1972;Overall, 1973). One methodological problem shared by these studies has been the lack of control for the effect of age on the MMPI. Alcoholics in treatment typically are older than drug abusers in treatment (Keskinen, 1987; cf. Method section), and age is known to be correlated with MMPI scores in both the general psychiatric population (e.g.

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MMPI differences between alcoholics and drug abusers: Effect of age and race.

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Fowler

et al. 1990

Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical

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“…As a group, older adults respond somewhat differently to original MMPI measures than younger adults on 6 of the 10 clinical scales. Several studies have shown that older adults in aggregate tend to have higher scores on the Hypochondriasis, Hysteria, Depression, and Social Introversion scales and lower scores on the Psychopathic Deviate and Hypomania scales (Aaronson, 1958, 1960, 1964; Botwinick, 1970; Brozek, 1955; Calden & Hokanson, 1959; Dye, Bohm, Anderten, & Cho, 1983; Ginsburg & Goldstein, 1974; Gynther & Shimkunas, 1966; Hardyck, 1964; Hibbs, Kobos, & Gonzalez, 1979; Hyer, Harkey, & Harrison, 1986; Kornetsky, 1963; Neugarten, 1977; Postema & Schell, 1967; Schenkenberg, Gottfredson, & Christensen, 1984; Schwartz, Osborne, & Krupp, 1972; Swenson, 1961).…”

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Personality and aging: A study of the MMPI-2 among older men.

Butcher¹,

Aldwin²,

Levenson³

et al. 1991

Psychology and Aging

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We examined whether separate norms for older men are necessary for the revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2). Scores from 1,459 men in the Normative Aging Study (NAS) (age: M = 61.27, SD = 8.37) were contrasted with those from 1,138 men from the MMPI Restandardization Study (age: M = 41.71, SD = 15.32). Results showed that scores on the MMPI-2 validity, clinical, and content scales for the NAS men were highly similar to those from the MMPI-2 Restandardization sample. There were also few differences between the two groups at the item level. Within-sample analyses revealed some differences between age groups. However, the magnitudes of these differences were small and may represent the single or combined effects of cohort factors and age-related changes in physical health status rather than age-related changes in psychopathology per se. We concluded that special, age-related norms for the MMPI-2 are not needed for older men.

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MMPI scales and subscales: Patterns of older, middle-aged, and younger inpatients

1986

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There has been virtually no research on the relationship of age and MMPI subscales, such as the Harris and Lingoes, Wiggins, Subtle/Obvious, and other specialized subscales. One hundred younger (≤ 39), middle‐aged (40–49), and older (≥ 50) psychiatric inpatients were compared on the basic 13 MMPI scales and 77 MMPI subscales. Results showed that, as a whole, older patients tended to respond more conservatively to these scales, to show less pathology, and to endorse fewer subtle/obvious items than the other age groups. They responded, however, lower on Dominance, on Hostility, and on Social Maladjustment. Later‐life patients also endorsed differentially many of the Harris and Lingoes 4 and 6 subscales in the less pathological direction than did the other groups.

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Age differences in MMPI scale scores from 1,189 psychiatric patients

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

MMPI differences between alcoholics and drug abusers: Effect of age and race.

MMPI differences between alcoholics and drug abusers: Effect of age and race.

Personality and aging: A study of the MMPI-2 among older men.

MMPI scales and subscales: Patterns of older, middle-aged, and younger inpatients

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