Multivariate analyses of parents' MMPIs based on the psychiatric diagnoses of their children.

Abstract

ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE IF THE MEAN MMPI PROFILES OF THE PARENTS OF 6 CHILD DIAGNOSTIC GROUPS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. THE PARENTS WERE GROUPED ACCORDING TO THE DIAGNOSES OF THEIR CHILDREN. SEPARATE ANALYSES WERE MADE FOR THE MOTHERS OF MALES, MOTHERS OF FEMALES, FATHERS OF MALES, AND FATHERS OF FEMALES. AN OVERALL MULTIVARIATE TEST OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PARENTS' MEAN MMPI PROFILES FOR EACH OF THE SAMPLES INDICATED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PARENT PROFILES ONLY FOR THE MOTHERS OF MALE CHILDREN. HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE FOR THIS ANALYSIS WAS NOT OF MUCH PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)