Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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MMPI Characteristics of the Victim of the Sexual Violence

성폭력 피해자에서 MMPI 특성

  • Kim, Jeong Hyeon (Department of Psychiatry, Dankook University Hospital) ;
  • Do, Jin A (Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Dankook Medical Center) ;
  • Choi, In Chul (Department of Psychiatry, Halla Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Myung Ho (Department of Psychology, College of Social Science, Dankook University)
  • 김정현 (단국대학교병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 도진아 (단국대학교병원 임상심리실) ;
  • 최인철 (제주 한라병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 임명호 (단국대학교 심리학과)
  • Received : 2015.01.14
  • Accepted : 2015.03.12
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

Objective : The current study investigated the personality characteristics in the victims of sexual violence, by using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test which are commonly used in clinical medicine. Methods : A total of 40 victims of sexual violence (only female) completed the Korean version of the MMPI. 31 (77.5%), and theywere patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. These victims of sexual violence had been admitted to the Dankook University Hospital in Cheonan. Results : The MMPI scores of the sexual victims were significantly higher on Hs, D, Hy, Pd, Pa, Pt, Sc, and Si, than the comparison group by ANCOVA. Conclusion : The victims of sexual violence may have developed the following characteristics: hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviate, paranoia, psychasthenia, schizoid and social introversion. The finding suggests psychotic psychopathology rather than neurotic psychopathology. These results suggested that the psychopatholgy in the victims of sexual violence may be different, compared to the control group.

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