KEY DETERMINANTS OF THE MMPI-PTSD SUBSCALE: TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS.

The article focuses on a study related to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)-Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scale. Seventy-five Vietnam combat veterans who had been admitted for treatment to a Medical Center as inpatients were selected. They were given a battery of tests that included the MMPI, VETS Adjustment Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Scale, the Rotter Locus of Control scale, Profile of Mood Scale and a modification of the Figley Stress Scale. The results indicated that, regardless of diagnosis and combat status, high scores on the MMPI-PTSD scale can be accounted for by self rated stress.