Use of the MMPI with Patients Who Report Chronic Back Pain
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 48 (3) , 855-866
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1981.48.3.855
Abstract
The report describes previous efforts to develop distinctive MMPI scales or profiles relating to chronic pain. While most efforts are directed towards low back pain, other forms and sites of chronic pain have produced comparable results. Consistency in results across samples may suggest a common series of routes or mechanisms which characterize patients who report chronic pain.Keywords
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