The utility of the mmpi-2 work interference scale with severe traumatic brain injury and stroke patients The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) Work Interference Scale (WRK) is purported to measure the behaviours and attitudes associated with work performance, but little research has examined the clinical utility of the MMPI-2 WRK scale with individuals who have sustained severe traumatic brain injuries (STBI) or strokes. The relationship between the MMPI-2 WRK scale and vocational outcome in individuals who sustained STBI (N = 173) or stroke (N = 82) and were seen in a rehabilitation hospital in Western Canada for neuropsychological assessment from 1990 to 2001 was investigated. The research is exploratory and archival in nature. Records were searched to obtain information about demographic (gender, age, marital status, education, employment status), neurologic (posttraumatic amnesia [PTA], chronicity, injury), and neuropsychological variables (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised [WAIS-R] Digit Symbol Subtest, Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised [WMS-R] Immediate Memory Subtest, Trailmaking Test [TMT], Booklet Category Test, MMPI-2 WRK scale) for two separate studies (i.e., STBI and stroke). The MMPI-2 WRK scale was tested in a variety of statistical analyses, and the findings reveal that it was not concurrently or predictively related to employment status. In contrast, some neuropsychological and injury related variables used were related to work status (i.e., WAIS-R Digit Symbol Subtest & Injury Severity). Concerns were raised about the MMPI-2 WRK scale's post hoc development and the ability of the scale to correlate with work status either concurrently or predictively. The findings do not support the use of the MMPI-2 WRK scale with participants who have suffered STBI or stroke. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/bibliography/2000-2009/2005/yanish_utility_2005 https://www.upress.umn.edu/logo.png

Tami Yanish (2005)

The utility of the mmpi-2 work interference scale with severe traumatic brain injury and stroke patients

PhD thesis.

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