ABSTRACT
Nineteen Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) or revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) scales, purported to be predictive of treatment outcome, were related to length of stay (LOS) in a domiciliary and to discharge status from a domiciliary for 335 subjects. The revised MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC-R), Addiction Acknowledgement Scale (AAS), and Addiction Potential Scale (APS), scales indicating a propensity to use illicit substances, and the Psychopathic Deviate Scale (Pd), indicating acting-out, all correlate negatively with length of stay. AAS also correlates negatively with regular/irregular discharge. Other scales expected to predict treatment outcome do not significantly correlate with either length of stay or type of discharge.
Subject(s)
Alcoholism/rehabilitation , MMPI/statistics & numerical data , Mental Disorders/rehabilitation , Outcome Assessment, Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Substance-Related Disorders/rehabilitation , Veterans/psychology , Adult , Aged , Alcoholism/diagnosis , Alcoholism/psychology , Humans , Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data , Male , Mental Disorders/diagnosis , Mental Disorders/psychology , Middle Aged , Psychometrics , Reproducibility of Results , Substance-Related Disorders/diagnosis , Substance-Related Disorders/psychologyABSTRACT
The relation between age and several critical item sets on the revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) was examined. MMPI-2 protocols from veterans entering a Veterans Affairs domiciliary were obtained, and the number of Grayson critical items, Koss-Butcher critical items. Lachar-Wrobel critical items, and Caldwell critical items were tabulated. Another critical item set consisting of all items of the previously mentioned sets was also tabulated. This composite set was divided into a set that has items scored on Scales 1, 2, and 3, and a second set of items that were not scored on those three scales. The effect of age on Scales L and K was also studied. A one-way analysis of variance confirmed that the number of endorsed critical items was significantly less in older age groups, and L and K increased. The implication is that endorsement of a critical item may have increased clinical significance as a person ages.
Subject(s)
Aging/psychology , MMPI/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Aged , Alcoholism/psychology , Defense Mechanisms , Geriatric Assessment , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/psychology , Middle Aged , Patient Admission , Psychometrics , Reproducibility of Results , Skilled Nursing Facilities , Substance-Related Disorders/psychology , Veterans/psychologyABSTRACT
To help define the goals for domiciliary patients and programs, staff who were working in Department of Veterans Affairs Domiciliary programs across the country were sampled. Each employee was asked to rank order the success of different outcomes for veterans who were being treated in the domiciliary. The rankings are compared for uniformity and displayed as perceived successful and unsuccessful outcomes by staff who work with domiciliary patients and staff who do not work with them.
