The MMPI as a Predictor of Psychosocial Adaptation to Cancer.

Sobel, Harry J.; Worden, J. William

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Publication Date: 1979-Aug

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The MMPI as a Predictor of Psychosocial Adaptation to Cancer.

Sobel, Harry J.; Worden, J. William

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v47 n4 p716-24 Aug 1979

Examined utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) as a longitudinal predictor of psychosocial adaptation to cancer. A post hoc discriminant analysis revealed that 75% of all patients could have been correctly classified into a high-distressed v a low-distressed cancer patient group using only the MMPI. (Author)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cancer, Measurement Techniques, Patients, Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns, Social Adjustment, Stress Variables

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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