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Real Men Don’t Cry: Examining Differences Between Externalizing Depressed Men in the Symptomatic Presentation of Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients

Ajayi, William E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1301667106

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2011, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Previous research suggests that a large proportion of depressed men who are seeking treatment are misdiagnosed during initial assessments because they present with externalizing dysfunction such as substance abuse. The current study examined whether the MMPI-2-RF substantive scales adequately differentiate between depressed substance abusers (DSA), substance abusers who do not have diagnoses of depressed (SA), and depressed individuals who do not have substance abuse diagnoses (D). Diagnostic group membership was determined based on intake diagnoses assigned by psychiatrists and psychiatry residents. The archival sample consisted of 1,315 male and 495 female psychiatric inpatients. Multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) and subsequent follow-up ANOVAs as well as Logistic Regression analyses were conducted to address whether individuals in the three identified diagnostic groups scored differently on conceptually relevant MMPI-2-RF scales and whether the identified scales classified individuals into appropriate diagnostic groups. Parallel analyses were conducted for men and women to determine whether the results would generalize across gender. Results indicated that the MMPI-2-RF scales that assess internalizing and externalizing dysfunction were related to the diagnostic groups as hypothesized. Specifically, the depressed substance abuser group (DSA) scored significantly higher than the substance abuse group (SA) on all of the scales that assess internalizing dysfunction and similar to the SA group on all of the scales that assess externalizing dysfunction. These data suggest that some of the includedMMPI-2-RF scales are useful in classifying individuals into the diagnostic groups examined in this study. The odds of being classified into a particular diagnostic group were significantly related to differences in scores on the MMPI-2-RF scales. Although some different findings were observed for men and women, gender did not significantly interact with MMPI-2-RF scales in classifying individuals into diagnostic groups.
John Graham, PhD (Advisor)
76 p.
Psychology
Externalizing depressed men; Psychiatric inpatients; MMPI-2-RF

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  • Ajayi, W. E. (2011). Real Men Don’t Cry: Examining Differences Between Externalizing Depressed Men in the Symptomatic Presentation of Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1301667106

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ajayi, William. Real Men Don’t Cry: Examining Differences Between Externalizing Depressed Men in the Symptomatic Presentation of Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients. 2011. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1301667106.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ajayi, William. "Real Men Don’t Cry: Examining Differences Between Externalizing Depressed Men in the Symptomatic Presentation of Depression in Psychiatric Inpatients." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1301667106

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