Subgroups among opiate addicts: A typological investigation.

Applied a multivariate correlational clustering technique to the MMPI profiles of 1,500 addicts, subdivided into 10 subsamples (5 for each sex) representing 4 different categories of admission into treatment (civilly committed, volunteers, probationers, prisoners). Within each subsample, 2 homogeneous and replicable profile types were isolated. Type I (33% of all Ss) showed elevations on Scales 2, 4, and 8, suggesting marked subjective distress, nonconformity, and disturbed thinking. The much smaller Type II (about 7% of Ss) showed a single peak on Scale 4. 60% of Ss thus were unclustered. The 2 basic types, however, were effectively discriminated on a variety of other psychometric indices and were consistent with the 2 major profile types found among alcoholics in prior research. (29 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)