@article{ref1,
title="Discriminating Power of Dissociation in Patients with Psychological Trauma",
journal="Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing",
year="2014",
author="Kong, Seong-Sook and Bae, Jae-Hyun",
volume="",
number="",
pages="125-134",
abstract="PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to identify the discriminating power of dissociation as defined by depression, obsession, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory(MMPI; psychopathology) in patients with psychological trauma. <br><br>METHODS: Participants were patients (N=114) from &quot;S&quot; clinic for psychological trauma. Data were collected from April to June 2014 through semi-structured interviews and self-reports using a modified Lifetime Incidence of Traumatic Events, Dissociative Experience Scale (DES), Beck Depression Inventory-2, Maudsley Obsessional Compulsive Inventory, and MMPI-2. <br><br>RESULTS: Participants were grouped in to two groups depending on DES scores; dissociative (n=15) and non-dissociative (n=99). Depression, F-scale (infrequency), Ma (Hypomania), and Hs (Hypochondriasis) scale of MMPI correctly discriminated 86.8% of the sample. There were also significant differences in Obsession, K-scale (korrection), D (Depression), Hy (Hysteria), Pd (Psychopathic Deviate), Pa (Paranoia), Pt (Psychasthenia), Sc (Schizophrenia), Si (Social Introversion) scales of MMPI between two groups, but they were not significant discriminant factors. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Future interventions for patients with high levels of dissociation and psychological trauma should focus on the prevention of suicide and chronic dissociation by assessing depression-related factors; suicidal behavior, impulsivity, aggression, and alexithymia. Therapists should also interpret patients' MMPI profiles carefully, especially in the presence of an extremely elevated F-scale.<p /><p>Language: ko</p>",
language="ko",
issn="1225-8482",
doi="10.12934/jkpmhn.2014.23.3.125",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2014.23.3.125"
}