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Published on: July 10, 2017
Psychological evaluation of the emotional effects of a community toxic exposure
Kevin W Greve1, Kevin J Bianchini, Bridget M Doane
1Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148, USA. kgreve@uno.edu
Objective:
We sought to assess the emotional effects of a major community toxic release while controlling the potential effects of response bias associated with litigation.
Methods:
Participants included 152 exposed adult litigants and a matched unexposed comparison group (n = 76). Psychological assessment methods included: (1) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2; (2) Symptom Checklist-90-Revised; and (3) Impact of Event Scale-Revised.
Results:
Ten to 40% of the exposed group demonstrated emotional distress (compared with a 5% comparison baseline) depending on indicator and cutoff score used.
Conclusions:
The psychological consequences of a community toxic exposure were present even when exaggeration was carefully controlled. Accounting for exaggeration in the assessment of subjective psychological complaints provides a more accurate view of the subjective emotional state of persons who have experienced toxic exposure thereby facilitating appropriate clinical management of their mental health needs.
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