Total number of MMPI-2 clinical scale elevations predicts premature termination after controlling for intake symptom severity and personality disorder diagnosis

Jennifer A. Minnix; Lorraine R. Reitzel; Karla A. Repper; Andrea B. Burns; Foluso Williams; Elizabeth N. Lima; Kelly C. Cukrowicz; Lindsey Kirsch; Thomas E. Joiner

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Total number of MMPI-2 clinical scale elevations predicts premature termination after controlling for intake symptom severity and personality disorder diagnosis

Jennifer A. Minnix, Lorraine R. Reitzel, Karla A. Repper, Andrea B. Burns, Foluso Williams, Elizabeth N. Lima, Kelly C. Cukrowicz, Lindsey Kirsch, Thomas E. Joiner

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Premature termination of therapy by patients is a common phenomenon that can be deleterious to treatment outcome for patients and also negatively affect therapists, treatment centers, and research programs. Therefore, a method of identifying patients at risk for premature termination could have widespread benefits. This study investigated whether patients' MMPI-2 profiles, including clinical scale elevations and Negative Treatment Indicator (TRT) scores, could predict premature termination in an outpatient sample, controlling for personality disorder diagnosis and symptom severity at intake. Results indicated that while TRT scores were not incrementally predictive of premature termination, the total number of clinical scale elevations was significantly incrementally predictive of dropout. Clinical implications are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1745-1755
Number of pages	11
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	38
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2004.11.006
State	Published - Jun 2005

Keywords

Diagnosis
GAF
MMPI-2
Personality disorders
Premature termination
Therapy outcome

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Minnix, J. A., Reitzel, L. R., Repper, K. A., Burns, A. B., Williams, F., Lima, E. N., Cukrowicz, K. C., Kirsch, L., & Joiner, T. E. (2005). Total number of MMPI-2 clinical scale elevations predicts premature termination after controlling for intake symptom severity and personality disorder diagnosis. Personality and Individual Differences, 38(8), 1745-1755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2004.11.006

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Total number of MMPI-2 clinical scale elevations predicts premature termination after controlling for intake symptom severity and personality disorder diagnosis. / Minnix, Jennifer A.; Reitzel, Lorraine R.; Repper, Karla A. et al.

In: Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 38, No. 8, 06.2005, p. 1745-1755.

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