MMPI IN DIFFERENTIATION OF TEMPORAL-LOBE AND NON-TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY - INVESTIGATION OF 3 LEVELS OF TEST-PERFORMANCE

Using carefully matched samples, a variety of MMPI techniques were explored in an attempt to document the clinically accepted personality differences between temporal lobe (n = 37) and nontemporal lobe (n = 28) epileptics. Analysis of the traditional clinical scales, as well as additional procedures employed in an attempt to improve test sensitivity (content scales, code type, category frequencies, and item analyses), did not support the position that temporal lobe epileptics are more likely to manifest personality disturbance than are other epileptics. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1979 American Psychological Association.