Birtchnell J
Br J Psychiatry. 1978 Jun;132:574-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.132.6.574.
There is growing evidence that early parent death can affect the severity of adult depressive illness. It was anticipated, therefore, that early-bereaved depressed patients might score higher on certain MMPI clinical scales than non-bereaved, depressed controls matched for age and sex. This is shown to be the case, the most affected scales being Hypochondriasis and Paranoia. Hypochondriasis is shown to be more strongly associated with early father death, while Paranoia is associated equally with mother and father death. There is some suggestion that early mother death is also associated with elevation of the F score. Early parent death is shown to have no effect upon the MMPI scores of non-depressed patients.
越来越多的证据表明，早年丧亲会影响成人抑郁症的严重程度。因此，可以预期，早年丧亲的抑郁症患者在某些明尼苏达多相人格测验（MMPI）临床量表上的得分可能会高于年龄和性别匹配的未丧亲抑郁症对照组。事实证明的确如此，受影响最大的量表是疑病量表和偏执量表。研究表明，疑病量表与早年丧父的关联更强，而偏执量表与父母双亡的关联程度相同。有迹象表明，早年丧母也与F量表得分升高有关。早年丧亲对非抑郁症患者的MMPI得分没有影响。
