J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2007 May;46(3):223-228.

The MMPI Profile of Adult Schizophrenia with Childhood Physical or Sexual Abuse

• Kim D
• Kim JH
• Chung SA
• Nam JH
• Bae H
• Chang HJ

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The symptomatic and behavioral correlates of childhood trauma in schizophrenia are beginning to emerge in the literature. This study aimed to investigate whether the association between personality traits and schizophrenia with childhood abuse can be replicated in Koreans using the Multiphasic Minnesota Personality Inventory (MMPI).
METHODS
Eighteen schizophrenias with childhood abuse and 24 schizophrenic comparisons without abuse history were recruited at the inpatient units of two general hospitals and the subjects completed the MMPI.
RESULTS
Subjects with schizophrenia plus childhood history of abuse had less educational years (p<.001). After controlling the educational year as a covariate, abused schizophrenic patients had higher scores in the Schizotypal (p=.003), Dependent (p=.014), Passive-aggressive (p=.034), Borderline (p=.045) subscales. For the validity and clinical subscales, significant differences were found in the F scale (p=.036), Hypochondriasis (p=.042), Depression (p<.001), Hysteria (p=.002), Personality disorder (p=.001), Paranoia (p=.024), Psychasthenia (p=.001) and Schizophrenia (p=.006) subscales.
CONCLUSION
Our findings suggest that childhood abuse in schizophrenia is associated with more complex features of personality characteristics rather than specific cluster B personality traits.

Keyword

Schizophrenia; Trauma; Child abuse; MMPI; Cluster B personality; Personality disorder

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Child
Child Abuse
Depression
Hospitals, General
Humans
Hypochondriasis
Hysteria
Inpatients
Minnesota
MMPI*
Paranoid Disorders
Personality Disorders
Personality Inventory
Schizophrenia*
Sex Offenses*