Citation

Sinnett ER, Holen MC, Heil MC. Psychol. Rep. 1996; 79(1): 211-217.

Affiliation

College of Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8873806

Abstract

Research evaluating the diagnostic value of the MMPI PK scale for determining Posttraumatic Stress Disorder has been consistently positive. Various cut-off points have been suggested, depending on the population studied. The current study, involving a select group of police candidates from middle-sized midwestern towns, suggests that low PK scores may represent robustness. These subjects as a group made low use of health and mental health services and obtained very low PK scores (T = 41), although they made average scores on the clinical scales.

Language: en