Separation of Brain-Damaged from Psychiatric Patients: Value of the Wiggins MMPI Content Scales
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 55 (3) , 755-758
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1982.55.3.755
Abstract
The value of the 13 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Wiggins Content Scales for the separation of brain-damaged from psychiatric patients was investigated. A sample of 40 males, evenly divided between brain-damaged and psychiatric patients, was administered the MMPI. Statistical analysis yielded a significant difference only for the phobia content scale. Practical implications of the results are discussed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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