Self-Described Depression and Scores on the MM PI D Scale in Normal Subjects

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The general hypothesis was that Ss with high D scores on the MMPI would show a greater tendency than low scorers to descri be themselves as depressed; also, that more females would report depression. In the first stage, it was found that the D score did not differentiate between two groups of normal male high school seniors grouped according to response to the questionnaire item, “Do you ever get very depressed?” In females a higher score was associated with an affirmative answer. The second stage compared normal adolescents, grouped according to high or low D scores, to determine if their responses to the same question differed. It was found that a high score was more likely to be accompanied by self-described depression in both sexes. In both high and low D groups, more than twice as many females than males gave affirmative responses.

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