The factor structure of the Millon Behavioral Health Inventory was examined. Millon, Green, and Meagor in 1982 factor analyzed the responses to the inventory using a principal component analysis which gave four factors. Here procedures used by Millon, et al. were replicated. Principal components analysis (N = 26 pain patients and 37 graduate students in counseling) with a varimax rotation resulted in four factors which essentially replicated the earlier findings. However, further study of the inventory should determine the stability of these factors with larger samples.
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