@article{ref1,
title="The utility of the PAI and the MMPI-2 for discriminating PTSD, depression, and social phobia in trauma-exposed college students",
journal="Assessment",
year="2007",
author="McDevitt-Murphy, Meghan E. and Weathers, Frank W. and Flood, Amanda M. and Eakin, David E. and Benson, Trisha A.",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="181-195",
abstract="This study investigated the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Revised (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) with regard to each instrument's utility for discriminating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from depression and social phobia in a sample of college students with mixed civilian trauma exposure. Participants were 90 trauma-exposed undergraduates (16 male, 74 female) classified into one of four groups: PTSD, depressive disorders, social phobia, and well-adjusted. For both the PAI and the MMPI-2, profile analysis revealed that the groups differed in the elevation and shape of their profiles. The PAI Traumatic Stress subscale demonstrated good discriminant validity.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1073-1911",
doi="10.1177/1073191106295914",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073191106295914"
}