E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The purpose of this study was to examine panic patients' personality chracteristics which could predict cognitive-behavioral treatment effects. For this purpose, panic patients who participated in 10-session cognitive-behavioral group treatment were divided into two groups -- a high Tx response group and a low Tx response group, and pre-treatment MMPI variables were compared between the two groups. Results showed that there were significant differences between the high and the low Tx response group in Si scale, TRT content scale, but there were no significant differences in personality disorder scales. There was also a trend for a difference in CYN content scale, but the difference did not reach a significant level of confidence. These results indicated that patients who had less social discomfort, interpersonal mistrust and negative attitude toward treatment tended to show better responses to cognitive-behavioral group treatment. Implications of the results were discussed in relation to cognitive-behavioral group treatment.