TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - A meta-analytic review of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2nd edition (MMPI-2) profile elevations following traumatic brain injury
JO  - Psychological injury and law
A1  - Edmundson, Maryanne
A1  - Berry, David T. R.
A1  - High, Walter M.
A1  - Shandera-Ochsner, Anne L.
A1  - Harp, Jordan P.
A1  - Koehl, Lisa M.
SP  - 121
EP  - 142
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - Psychologists often use the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and, more recently, its successor, the MMPI-2, to assess personality and psychological disturbances following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The present meta-analysis examined the pattern of mean Hedges' d values on MMPI-2 validity (L, F, K) and clinical (1-4, 6-0) scales in individuals with TBI. Database keyword searches yielded ten studies providing post-TBI MMPI-2 profiles. Studies were required to include a pure TBI sample, individuals who were ≥18 at injury, and means and standard deviations for most MMPI-2 clinical scales. Analyses showed large effects for MMPI-2 scales F, 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8. Using Q statistics, moderating effects were found for TBI severity on scale 7 and for compensation-seeking/litigation status on scales 1, 2, 3, and 7. No significant effects were found for time post-injury. The available information was insufficient to examine the effect of lesion location, pre-injury personality and psychopathology, or time post-injury for samples with differing injury severities on MMPI-2 profiles. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that individuals with TBI report significant levels of psychopathology that may be moderated by TBI severity and compensation-seeking/litigation status. <br><br>DISCUSSION includes a literature critique given the meta-analytic findings and implications for future study of personality following TBI.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1938-971X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12207-015-9236-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -