Korean J Psychosom Med.  2022 Dec;30(2):196-202. 10.22722/KJPM.2022.30.2.196.

Result of Multiphasic Military Personality Inventory Among Grave’s Disease in 19-Year-Old Men

• Kim JH
• Lee J
• Seo JS
• Kim J
• Oh K
• Kim T

• KMID: 2538666
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22722/KJPM.2022.30.2.196

Abstract

Objectives
：The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess the degree of Graves’ Disease affecting mental health through the results of multiphasic military personality inventory (MPI) in 19-year-old men.
Methods
：We collected and analyzed the results of the MPI for 592 healthy subjects and 148 Graves’ disease patients among the 19-year-old men who visited the Military Manpower Administration from February 2008 to January 2010.
Results
：Among demographic characteristics, both Graves’ disease and control group are 19-year-old men. Educational level, socioeconomic status, parental relationship, and BMI were not statistically different between the two groups (χ² =0.089, p=0.766; χ² =5.090, p=0.278; χ ² =5.988, p=0.112 ; t=-0.635, p=0.526). In the MPI, among validity scales, the score of the faking-good subscale was significantly lower in the Graves’ group (t=3.507, p<0.001), but in the faking-bad and infrequency subscales scores were not significantly different between two groups (t=-1.700, p=0.090; t=-0.519, p=0.604). Among the neurosis scale, anxiety, depression, somatization, and personality disor-der subscale scores were all significantly higher in Graves’ disease group (t=-3.323, p<0.001; t=-4.210, p<0.001; t=-6.202, p<0.001; t=-2.872, p<0.01). Among the psychopath scale, each score of schizophrenia and paranoia subscales were not statistically different between the two groups (t=-0.158, p=0.874; t=-0.846, p=0.398).
Conclusions
：According to MPI result, we can confirm that Graves’ disease patients in 19-year-old-men may appear features such as anxiety, depression, somatization and personality tendency (introversion or impulsivity) than the control group.

Keyword

19-year-old-men; Graves’ disease; Multiphasic personality inventory; Military personality inventory