MacDonald Douglas A, Holland Daniel
Department of Psychology, University of Detroit Mercy, MI 48219-0900, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2003 Apr;59(4):399-410. doi: 10.1002/jclp.10047.
The present investigation was an exploratory examination of the relation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) Clinical scales to spirituality operationalized in terms of self-reported religious involvement and scores on a multidimensional measure called the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory (ESI; MacDonald, 1997, 2000). MANOVA and correlational results indicate that the MMPI-2 Clinical scales generate patterns of findings consistent with available research on spirituality and health. In particular, persons reporting involvement in organized religion obtained significantly lower MMPI-2 Clinical scale scores and were found to be less likely to obtain a clinically significant score (i.e., t-scores >64) on any of the MMPI-2 scales. Further, with the exception of Masculine-Feminine and Hypomania, all MMPI-2 scales were found to associate appreciably with ESI dimension scores. The study concludes with a brief discussion of the meaning and implications of the findings for future research aimed at investigating the relation of spirituality to health.
本研究是一项探索性调查，旨在考察明尼苏达多相人格问卷第二版（MMPI - 2；Butcher、Dahlstrom、Graham、Tellegen和Kaemmer，1989）临床量表与精神性之间的关系。精神性通过自我报告的宗教参与度以及在一个名为精神性表达量表（ESI；MacDonald，1997，2000）的多维测量上的得分来进行操作化定义。多变量方差分析和相关分析结果表明，MMPI - 2临床量表产生的结果模式与现有的关于精神性与健康的研究一致。具体而言，报告参与有组织宗教活动的人在MMPI - 2临床量表上的得分显著更低，并且发现在MMPI - 2的任何一个量表上获得临床显著分数（即T分数>64）的可能性更小。此外，除了男性化 - 女性化量表和轻躁狂量表外，发现所有MMPI - 2量表都与ESI维度得分有明显关联。研究最后简要讨论了这些发现对于未来旨在研究精神性与健康关系的研究的意义和启示。
