The assessment of depression in chronic back pain patients using the MMPI and the Beck Depression Inventory-Short Form

There is much conflicting research regarding the presence of pain and depression in chronic pain patients. The present research was a retrospective study of a group of chronic back pain patients who had entered a multidisciplinary treatment program two to four years prior to this study. Pretreatment and follow up evaluation included demographic information, personality functioning using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Back Depression Inventory-Short Form (BDI-SF) and levels of pain measured by the Sternbach Pain Estimate Score.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology, Clinical

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Leister, Sandra Carter

Contributors dc:contributor

• Terwilliger, Edith R.

• Psychology, Clinical
• Psychology, Personality
• Psychology, Psychometrics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Leister, Sandra Carter

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9026248
(UMI)AAI9026248

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23763