A multivariate profile analysis of MMPIs of suicidal and nonsuicidal neuropsychiatric hospital patients.

A. G. Devries; N. Farberow

DOI:10.1080/0091651X.1967.10120420
Corpus ID: 11599089

A multivariate profile analysis of MMPIs of suicidal and nonsuicidal neuropsychiatric hospital patients.

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  title={A multivariate profile analysis of MMPIs of suicidal and nonsuicidal neuropsychiatric hospital patients.},
  author={Alcon G. Devries and Norman L. Farberow},
  journal={Journal of projective techniques \& personality assessment},
  year={1967},
  volume={31 5},
  pages={
          81-4
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A. G. Devries, N. Farberow
Published 1 October 1967
Psychology
Journal of projective techniques & personality assessment

Abstract Using six MMPI scales and a multivariate discriminant analysis, the question was asked whether differences existed between nonsuicidal and threatened, attempted, and committed suicides. The results indicated that there were significant differences between the mean score of the four groups. The application of the various identification rates to populations with different suicidal base rates and the implication of the findings for the prediction of different types of suicidal behavior…

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