MacAndrew MMPI Alcoholism Scale: Alcoholism and Drug Addictiveness
- 1 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 96 (1) , 141-148
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.1977.9921428
Abstract
MMPI Form R answer sheets of 222 successive black and white male inpatients referred for psychological testing in a VA general medical and surgical hospital were scored on the MacAndrew Alcoholism and the Cavior Heroin Addiction Scales. The MacAndrew Scale with 74% accuracy provided a practical screening device for identifying alcoholics. It did not significantly differentiate patients with a history of drug abuse from patients with a history of alcoholism. The Cavior He Scale was not so valid a screening device for identifying drug addicted patients in our total population. Each scale in a special way seems to be measuring a "general addictive propensity."Keywords
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