Subtle/obvious MMPI scales identify attention deficit disorder alcoholics.

Earlier research has demonstrated that alcoholics with or without attention deficit disorders, residual type (ADDRT) can be differentiated by Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Clinical Scale Profiles. This study addressed the question of whether that differentiation was made by virtue of subtle or obvious aspects of the MMPI item pool. Groups of 30 of male alcoholics with or without ADDRT were individually matched on age and education variables. Statistically significant differences were found for the D-O, HY-O, HY-S, PD-O, PA-O, PA-S, MA-O, MA-S, ES and A scales.