Daigle Marc
Department of Psychology, University of Québec at Trois-Rivières, Canada.
Behav Sci Law. 2004;22(6):833-42. doi: 10.1002/bsl.618.
Results from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) were compared for three groups of male inmates in federal penitentiaries: 47 suicide completers, 43 suicide attempters and, 123 non-suicidal controls. Analyses show that the groups differed on all 10 clinical scales and on at least 8 after Bonferroni correction. Attempters obtained the highest scores on 4 of 8 scales; they also posted the highest scores on 3 others, but differences were significant only against non-suicidal controls. Completers posted the highest score on only one scale (Mf), but the difference was significant only against non-suicidal controls. All told, completers proved more similar to non-suicidal controls than to attempters. Regarding profiles, completers are more strongly correlated with non-suicidal controls (r=0.95) than with attempters (r=0.86); non-suicidal controls are less strongly correlated with attempters (r=0.88). The fact that attempters seem more pathological than the others can mislead clinicians screening for suicide risk.
对联邦监狱中的三组男性囚犯的明尼苏达多相人格调查表（MMPI）结果进行了比较：47名自杀成功者、43名自杀未遂者和123名非自杀对照组。分析表明，三组在所有10个临床量表上存在差异，经过邦费罗尼校正后，至少在8个量表上存在差异。未遂者在8个量表中的4个上得分最高；他们在另外3个量表上也得分最高，但仅与非自杀对照组相比差异显著。成功者仅在一个量表（Mf）上得分最高，但仅与非自杀对照组相比差异显著。总体而言，成功者与非自杀对照组的相似性高于与未遂者的相似性。关于剖面图，成功者与非自杀对照组的相关性更强（r = 0.95），而与未遂者的相关性较弱（r = 0.86）；非自杀对照组与未遂者的相关性较弱（r = 0.88）。未遂者似乎比其他人更病态这一事实可能会误导筛查自杀风险的临床医生。
