Relationship between clinician assessment and self-assessment of personality disorders using the SWAP-200 and PAI
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Borderline, antisocial and obsessive-compulsive disorders were studied to establish relationship between clinician assessment and self-assessment. Correlation between the two using Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP-200) and Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) was found to be small to medium in context of borderline and antisocial disorders and negative in context of obsessive-compulsive disorders, demonstrating discriminant validity.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2007
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The borderline personality diagnosis in adolescents: Gender differences and subtypes
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A study was conducted to identify personality features characterizing adolescent girls and boys with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Findings reveal that the symptoms and phenomenology of adolescent girls with BPD are similar to those of adults.
Publication Name: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Year: 2005
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Improving construct validity: Cronbach, Meehl, and Neurath's ship
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Cronbach and Meehl study clarified the existing state and future directions in understanding construct validity. The observations suggested that metrics designed to index, the extent matched expectations, were useful prostheses to scientific judgments.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2005
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