Characteristics of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in Patients with Depression
- VernacularTitle:抑郁症患者个性心理特征的研究
- Author:
Jing TENG
;
Yulai WANG
;
Ziwang LIU
;
Aicheng WANG
;
Shaolin QIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
depression, personality, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2007;13(1):81-82
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the characteristics of personality in patients with depression. Methods24 patients with depression and 24 normal controls were measured with Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) software. ResultsCompared with the control, patient with depression showed significantly difference in neuroticism, extraversionn-introversion, anxiety, repression, manifest anxiety scale, ego strength, dependency, dominance (P<0.05). the T score of N and repression is higher than the Chinese usual score. ConclusionThe depression patients show their personality as repression, inferiority, melancholy, anxiety, bad tolerance, overstrung and dependent.
