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An Integrative Dimensional Classification of Personality Disorder
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Widiger, Thomas A.; Livesley, W. John; Clark, Lee Anna – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Psychological assessment research concerns how to describe psychological dysfunction in ways that are both valid and useful. Recent advances in assessment research hold the promise of facilitating significant improvements in description and diagnosis. One such contribution is in the classification of personality disorder symptomatology. The…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Psychological Evaluation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Latent Structure of the Alexithymia Construct: A Taxometric Investigation
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Parker, James D. A.; Keefer, Kateryna V.; Taylor, Graeme J.; Bagby, R. Michael – Psychological Assessment, 2008
Despite a wealth of research on the validity of alexithymia and its association with a number of common medical and psychiatric disorders, the fundamental question of whether alexithymia is best conceptualized as a dimensional or categorical construct remains unresolved. In the current investigation, taxometric analysis is used to examine the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Classification, Adults, Undergraduate Students
A New Look at the Big Five Factor Structure through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Ludtke, Oliver; Muthen, Bengt; Asparouhov, Tihomir; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Trautwein, Ulrich; Nagengast, Benjamin – Psychological Assessment, 2010
NEO instruments are widely used to assess Big Five personality factors, but confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) conducted at the item level do not support their a priori structure due, in part, to the overly restrictive CFA assumptions. We demonstrate that exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), an integration of CFA and exploratory…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Factor Structure, Personality Traits, Factor Analysis
Using the Megargee MMPI-Based Classification System with the MMPI-2s of Female Prison Inmates.
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Megargee, Edwin I. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
A Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) based classification system (E. I. Megargee, 1977) was extended to female prisoners, using MMPI results for 400 inmates. Using revised rules for classifying the original MMPIs and MMPI-2s, 386 women could be classified on both versions, and 87% were classified identically. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Females, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
Using the Megargee MMPI-Based Classification System with MMPI-2s of Male Prison Inmates.
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Megargee, Edwin I. – Psychological Assessment, 1994
Results of two studies with 1,635 male offenders on the impact of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) on the Megargee offender classification system indicate that the original Megargee rules should not be used to classify MMPI-2s. A new set of classification rules is proposed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Criminals, Males, Personality Measures
On the Identification of Patterns of Substance Abuse with the MMPI-A.
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Gallucci, Nicholas T. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The contributions of specific scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) to the classification of 180 adolescent substance abusers into groups characterized by aspects of behavioral control were studied. Seven scales made significant contributions to the classification of substance abusers into three groups, with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Classification, Construct Validity
Borderline Personality Disorder Features in Nonclinical Young Adults: 1. Identification and Validation.
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Trull, Timothy J. – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Two studies involving approximately 3,500 college students were conducted to establish and validate a self-report method of identifying nonclinical young adults with significant borderline personality disorder features and to evaluate clinical correlates of this classification across relevant areas of functioning. Results support the validity of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, College Students