Background Presurgical psychological screening of bariatric surgery candidates includes
some form of standardized psychological assessment. However, associations between …

Background Psychological comorbidity is common in bariatric surgery candidates. Many
multidisciplinary teams incorporate psychometric testing to screen for psychological factors …

Background Presurgical psychological screening is used to identify factors that may impact
postoperative adherence and surgical outcomes in bariatric surgery candidates. Minnesota …

Presurgical psychological assessment of bariatric surgery candidates aims to identify
psychosocial risk factors and provide treatment recommendations to facilitate optimal …

Abstract Background The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form
(MMPI-2-RF) is commonly used to assess psychological factors that may adversely impact …

Background The use of psychological screening instruments prior to bariatric surgery has
been well established. However, there is currently no specific literature on psychological …

Background Psychosocial factors contribute to poorer weight loss outcomes following
bariatric surgery; however, findings on associations between preoperative psychiatric …

Background: Although there has been some disagreement, there is growing evidence now
that psychopathology is a comorbidity of morbid obesity among patients seeking bariatric …

Background Research identifying preoperative psychosocial predictors of bariatric surgery
outcomes has yielded inconsistent results with minimal examination of longer-term …

In the current study, we examined the reliability, validity, and clinical utility of Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2–Restructured Form (MMPI–2-RF; Ben-Porath & …