Individuals who endorse items on the MMPI's hysteria scale display trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, feeling sad, suicidal thoughts, and loss of interest in positive events.

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The MMPI's hysteria scale primarily measures an individual's tendency towards somatization (the conversion of psychological distress into physical symptoms), not directly symptoms like trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, feeling sad, suicidal thoughts, and loss of interest in positive events, which are more closely associated with depression.

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