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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)
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Hilsenroth, Mark J.; Eudell-Simmons, Erin M.; DeFife, Jared A.; Charnas, Jocelyn W. – International Journal of Testing, 2007
This study investigates the reliability, validity, and diagnostic efficiency of the Rorschach Perceptual-Thinking Index (PTI) in relation to the accurate identification of psychotic disorder (PTD) patients. The PTI is a revision of the Rorschach Schizophrenia Index (SCZI), designed to achieve several criteria, including an increase in the…
Descriptors: Patients, Personality, Validity, Schizophrenia
Valdes, Luis A.; Phelps, Randy E. – 1992
Psychopathology in outpatient children was explored using two classification systems. Clinically derived Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Third Edition, Revised) (DSM-III R) diagnoses in three high frequency diagnostic groups were compared to empirically derived Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) scores for an overall sample of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns