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MMPI-2 clusters of alcohol-dependent patients and the relation to Cloninger’s temperament-character inventory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Jos I. M. Egger ,
Marian Gringhuis ,
Marinus A. Breteler ,
Hubert R. A. De Mey ,
Ellen Wingbermühle ,
Jan J. L. Derksen  and
Sander Hilberink
Jos I. M. Egger*
Affiliation:
Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, Venray, The Netherlands Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Marian Gringhuis
Affiliation:
Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Marinus A. Breteler
Affiliation:
Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Hubert R. A. De Mey
Affiliation:
Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ellen Wingbermühle
Affiliation:
Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, Venray, The Netherlands
Jan J. L. Derksen
Affiliation:
Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Sander Hilberink
Affiliation:
Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
*
Dr Jos I. M. Egger, Department of Clinical Psychology and Personality, Radboud University, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 243 612 668; Fax: +31 478 630 797; E-mail: j.egger@psych.ru.nl
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Abstract

Objective:

Psychometric research in the field of alcohol dependence has concentrated on identifying certain (personality) characteristics (i.e. typologies). This paper is aimed to identify such typologies and studies the relation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and Cloninger’s temperament-character inventory (TCI).

Method:

To find MMPI-2 scales associated with maximization of group differences between 222 DSM-IV alcohol dependent inpatients and a control group of 222 normal subjects, discriminant analysis was used. In addition, a cluster analysis was performed with these scales, and the MMPI-2 mean scale values of the resulting patient clusters were examined for their TCI-correlates.

Results:

The discriminant analyses showed several MMPI-2 scales that could clearly distinguish between alcohol-dependent patients and the normal controls. Cluster analysis resulted in semantically different MMPI-2 profiles implying qualitatively different groups of patients. When related to TCI scales, these differences revealed harm avoidance, self-directedness, and persistence, amongst others, as important elements in the description of the clusters.

Conclusion:

Evidence for the validity of MMPI-2 constructs as well as those of the TCI in the assessment of alcohol-dependent patients was provided.

Keywords

alcohol dependencebehavioural typologyMMPI-2 and TCIpersonality disorderpsychobiological modelvalidity
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , August 2007 , pp. 238 - 243
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard

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