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Psychology
Psychiatry
Trauma Studies

Background:

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) significantly impacts individuals, particularly in workplace settings.
Understanding personality structures in PTSD is crucial for targeted interventions.
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Personality Psychopathology Five Scales (PF-5) offer a dimensional approach to personality pathology.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify personality clusters within a sample of workplace claimants diagnosed with PTSD.
To compare these clusters with those found in previous studies of combat veterans and sexual assault victims.
To delineate unique characteristics of identified personality clusters.

Main Methods:

Utilized the MMPI-2 PF-5 to assess personality traits in workplace claimants with PTSD.
Employed cluster analysis to identify distinct personality profiles.
Compared cluster characteristics across measures of PTSD symptom severity, distress, and affect.

Main Results:

Three personality clusters were identified: low pathology, internalizing, and externalizing.
Internalizing and externalizing clusters showed similar levels of PTSD symptom severity, general distress, and negative affect.
Internalizing cluster uniquely associated with anhedonia and depressed mood.
Externalizing cluster uniquely associated with antisocial behavior, substance abuse, and anger/aggression.

Conclusions:

Distinct personality profiles exist within workplace claimants with PTSD.
The internalizing and externalizing clusters present with unique symptom constellations despite similar overall distress.
Findings suggest tailored therapeutic approaches based on identified personality clusters for improved PTSD treatment outcomes.