1. A MULTIMETHOD EVALUATION OF THE MMPI IN A CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT SAMPLE.
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Adams, Kenneth M., Heilbronn, Mary, and Blumer, Dietrich P.
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PSYCHOTHERAPY , *PATIENTS , *PSYCHOLOGICAL typologies , *HEALTH facilities , *CHRONIC diseases , *CHRONIC pain - Abstract
The article presents a study, which is the analysis of the MMPI results, obtained by means of differing methods of grouping for interpretation. These groupings are compared with each other and with current literature on typologies of MMPI results in such patients. The particular methods and findings described here are held to have potential generalizability to some pain clinics in which the MMPI is used for psychodiagnosis. Given the developments described above, it appears that the MMPI has promise as an instrument that will allow more precise psychological definition of chronic pain patients.
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- 1986
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