Patient noncompliance to treatment regimen is a common problem for health service providers. Five personality variable subscales of the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory were related to trainer-judged adherence to treatment plans of 50 injured athletes. Multiple regression analysis showed only Somatic Anxiety was a significant predictor of adherence (r = -.427); injured athletes with high scores are less likely to adhere to treatment recommendations. Results suggest the promise of the MBHI as a diagnostic instrument for evaluating injured athletes and enhancing their treatment, and provide evidence for construct validity of the Somatic Anxiety subscale using a previously unstudied population.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/183043 |
Date | 03 June 2011 |
Creators | Burns, Roseanne |
Contributors | Wittig, Arno F. |
Source Sets | Ball State University |
Detected Language | English |
Format | ii, 40 leaves ; 28 cm. |
Source | Virtual Press |
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