MACANDREW ADDICTION SCALE AND OTHER MMPI CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY, ANOREXIA AND SMOKING-BEHAVIOR

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LEON, GR
KOLOTKIN, R
KORGESKI, G
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10.1016/0306-4603(79)90011-X
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B849 [应用心理学];
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Groups of persons with substance abuse problems (obesity, smoking, and anorexia) and a normal control group of persons without habit problems were evaluated on the MacAndrew Scale (MAC) of the MMPI (originally developed to measure proneness to alcoholism). Two point code types were calculated for those persons for whom complete MMPI information was available. The male smokers demonstrated a mean MAC score close to the addictive range. The female smokers and the in general moderately obese groups as well as the anorexic group showed no significant differences in MAC score in comparison to the normal controls. The smokers and obese subjects showed a tendency toward depression and impulsivity, and the smokers also showed a trend toward somatization. It appears from the present findings as well as those of other investigators that an elevated score on the MacAndrew Scale can be interpreted as an indication of an addiction problem or addiction proneness. However, not all persons with substance abuse patterns have an elevated score on this measure. © 1979.
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