Contrasting Assumptions and Directions in MMPI Research on Alcoholism

Apfeldorf, Max

doi:10.15288/qjsa.1974.35.1375

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“…Beyond this finding there are virtually no established commonalities, either of alcoholics in general or of alcoholic subtypes (Armstrong, 1958;Franks, 1970;Sutherland, Schroeder, & Tordella, 19SO;Syme, 19S7;Jones, Note 2), although some reviewers remain optimistic (Armstrong, 1958;Lisansky, 1967). Scales developed specifically to identify alcoholics have generally been more successful in doing so than have traditional personality scales (Apfeldorf, 1974).…”

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Alcoholism scales and objective assessment methods: A review.

Miller¹

1976

Psychological Bulletin

146

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Research attempting to differentiate alcoholics from other groups is reviewed, with special attention being devoted to the validity of available diagnostic instruments. The review is divided into sections on special alcoholism scales, personality measures, physiological variables, behavioral assessment techniques, and longitudinal research. No single method has been found to be completely satisfactory for diagnosis, and the use of multimodal assessment is encouraged. Differential assessment is presented as an alternative to the binary nosology of alcoholic versus nonalcoholic. Implications for future research and diagnostic practices are discussed.

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Alcoholism scales and objective assessment methods: A review.

Miller¹

1976

Psychological Bulletin

146

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“…Implications for future research regarding alcoholic personality subtypes and associated drinking patterns are discussed.The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) has been used extensively in the study of personality dynamics of alcohol abusers. Apfeldorf (1974) outlined two primary paradigms of this research. The first of these assumes that alcoholism is a distinct diagnostic entity with substantive personality structures that distinguish it from other psychiatric groups.…”

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Replicated MMPI subtypes for alcoholic men and women: Relationship to self-reported drinking behaviors.

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Snyder²

1985

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Recent cluster-analytic research with alcohol-abusing men has demonstrated the existence of several Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) subtypes that are consistent across diverse subject samples. Few such studies have been reported with alcoholic women. Shortcomings of this research include frequent failure to replicate clusters across separate samples and lack of external, independent measures against which to evaluate the predictive validity of cluster typologies. The current study derived replicated MMPI clusters for both inpatient alcoholic men and women. Subsequent multivariate analyses employing several alcohol-use scales revealed significant differences among subtypes of alcoholic women but relatively poor differentiation among subtypes of men by these measures. Implications for future research regarding alcoholic personality subtypes and associated drinking patterns are discussed.

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“…In the past one could find two different views on the role of personality in alcohol dependence: the presumed existence of an ‘alcoholic personality’ as a nosological entity, on the one hand, vs. the findings of heterogeneity of personality characteristics of alcohol-dependent patients, on the other hand (1). Research has been drifting away from the quest for a specific ‘alcoholic personality’ towards attempts at the identification of certain typologies of alcohol-dependent patients.…”

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