Personality and treatment effectiveness in anorexia nervosa
Journal of Clinical PsychologyPublished 1 July 1984
Dagna K. Skoog, Arnold E. Andersen, William S. Laufer
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Compared pre- and posttreatment MMPI profiles of 12 female inpatients with anorexia nervosa using a scale-by-scale analysis of variance, which suggests a common constellation of personality characteristics in anorexic patients.
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Compared pre- and posttreatment MMPI profiles of 12 female inpatients with anorexia nervosa using a scale-by-scale analysis of variance. Significant changes in clinical scales and a validity scale confirmed observed behavioral change after treatment. In addition, pretreatment profiles obtained at a different hospital were remarkably similar, which suggests a common constellation of personality characteristics in anorexia nervosa.
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