CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE MMPI AND THE SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF POSITIVE SYMPTOMS AND THE SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS IN SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS
Am. Poreh et al., CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE MMPI AND THE SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF POSITIVE SYMPTOMS AND THE SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS IN SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS, Journal of personality assessment, 63(2), 1994, pp. 275-283
Our study examined the relationship between the Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Scale for the Assessment of Posit
ive Symptoms (SAPS; Andreason, 1984) and the Scale for the Assessment
of Negative Symptoms (SANS; Andreason, 1983) in patients who met the D
iagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed., rev.; A
merican Psychiatric Association, 1987) diagnostic criteria for schizop
hrenia (n = 125). A significant correlation was found between the SAPS
Delusions scale and Scale 6 (Paranoia), the SAPS Positive Thought Dis
order Scale and Scale F (Infrequency), and the SAPS Positive Thought D
isorder and Scale 9 (Hypomania). Additional analysis also shows, howev
er, that severity of symptoms was the best predictor of MMPI scores. C
onsistent with previous studies, the MMPI appears useful for screening
but not for the detailed evaluation of symptomatology of schizophreni
c patients.