Psychological Screening of Impotence with Finney's MMPI-Derived Impotence Scale

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ID13660735
AuthorsRobert J Craig (0000-0002-1113-4755, West Side VA Medical Center, Chicago, corresponding author), Bridgit Cannon (Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago), Ronald E Olson (Oakland University, Rochester, MI)
Year1995
Volume77
Issue3
Pages1019-1026
Publication date1995-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1995.77.3.1019
PMID8559904
OpenAlexW2084235543
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

Three groups of patients in treatment were assessed for impotence, using MMPI-derived Impotence Scale. Group I were 46 patients who had been screened and scheduled for a penile prosthesis when the impotence resulted from known organic causes (biogenic). Group II were 198 patients in a sexual dysfunction clinic, for whom biogenic causes had been ruled out (psychogenic). Group III were 51 substance abusers in drug rehabilitation. While scores on the Impotence Scale did not distinguish between the biogenic and psychogenic groups, the scores were almost three times higher than average scores among subjects in the standardization sample. MMPI-derived Impotence Scale scores were similarly elevated among the substance abusers. Results suggest that the Impotence Scale may serve as a useful screening tool to alert clinicians to the possibility of erectile dysfunction for which further clinical evaluation would be required

Erectile dysfunction · Erectile function · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Nocturnal penile tumescence · Personality · Psychiatry · Psychogenic disease · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Sexual Differentiation and Disorders · Sexual function and dysfunction studies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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