Titre du document / Document title

Psychological assessment of aviators captured in World War II

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

SUTKER P. B. ⁽²⁾ ; ALLAIN A. N. ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

Veterans affairs medical cent., New Orleans LA, ETATS-UNIS
⁽²⁾ Louisiana state univ. school medicine, dep. psychiatry, ETATS-UNIS
Tulane univ. school medicine, dep. psychiatry neurology, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Psychological assessments, including administration of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and structured interviews for Axis I mental disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) specifically, were used to describe 33 World War II (WWII) aviators who were held as prisoners ofwar (POWs) for an average of 14 months. Results showed more elevated MMPI profile patterns than expected given previous research with pilots (Butcher, 1994) and rates of current and lifetime PTSD at 33%, reasoned to derive from POW trauma. Despite this level of psychopathology, WWII aviator POW survivors were found to be more resilient to captivity erects than age-similar nonaviator WWII POW survivors characterized generally by less advantages in education, military rank, and other personal resources. Compared with aviator former POWs of the Vietnam War studied in their mid-life years (Ursano, Boydstun, & Wheatley, 1981), the present sample appeared to be less psychologically robust

Revue / Journal Title

Psychological assessment   ISSN 1040-3590 

Source / Source

1995, vol. 7, n^o1, pp. 66-68 (17 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, ETATS-UNIS  (1989) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Personality test ; Clinical test ; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ; Mental disorder ; Posttraumatic syndrome ; Stress ; Anxiety disorder ; Personality disorder ; Psychometrics ; Veteran ; Military ; Pilot ; Flight ; Aeronautics ; Human ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Test personnalité ; Test clinique ; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ; Trouble psychiatrique ; Posttraumatisme syndrome ; Stress ; Trouble anxieux ; Trouble personnalité ; Psychométrie ; Ancien combattant ; Militaire ; Pilote ; Vol ; Aéronautique ; Homme ; Seconde guerre mondiale ; Prisonnier ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Prueba personalidad ; Prueba clínica ; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ; Trastorno psiquiátrico ; Posttraumatismo síndrome ; Stress ; Trastorno ansiedad ; Trastorno personalidad ; Psicometría ; Veterano ; Militar ; Pilote ; Vuelo ; Aeronáutica ; Hombre ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 2283 A, 35400005635587.0090