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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 2/2018

18-09-2017

An Examination of PAI Clinical Descriptors and Correlates in an Outpatient Sample: Tailoring of Interpretive Statements

Auteurs: Richard Rogers, Margot M. Williams, Darby B. Winningham, Allyson J. Sharf

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 2/2018

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Abstract

The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey 1991, 2007) was designed to evaluate patterns of psychopathology utilizing validity, clinical, treatment, and interpersonal scales. Its psychometric strengths include easily read items, gradations of responses, and extensive validation. The primary focus of the current study is to examine item-level clinical correlates to inform interpretation. For external validity, the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ; Zimmerman 2002) was utilized by examining individual items and subscales. The investigation used archival data from 192 outpatients. The most specific and detailed clinical correlates were found for PAI mood disorder scales. Several other clinical scales, such as Schizophrenia (SCZ), had comparatively few clinical correlates. The current findings underscore the need to further validate PAI external correlates in order to augment PAI statements.
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On average, ANX subscales evidence substantial correlations (rs > .50) with 14.67 other PAI scales and subscales.
 
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None had large or very large effect sizes.
 
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To put this in perspective, the earlier research (Graham et al. 1999) used correlations as low as |.20| as empirical correlates.
 
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These standards correspond to Cohen’s ds of 0.75, 1.25, and 1.50, respectively.
 
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Due to very small cell sizes (i.e., n < 5), Asian American and Other identified ethnicities were excluded from this analysis.
 
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Therapy clients with uncomplicated diagnoses are not typically administered the PAI and other psychological measures.
 
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For the sake of simplicity, the term “substantial” will be used to describe correlations with moderate or larger effect sizes.
 
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Personal communication, Leslie C. Morey, April 21, 2017, as part of a consultation to the __ [name redacted] research team at __ [university’s name].
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
An Examination of PAI Clinical Descriptors and Correlates in an Outpatient Sample: Tailoring of Interpretive Statements
Auteurs
Richard Rogers
Margot M. Williams
Darby B. Winningham
Allyson J. Sharf
Publicatiedatum
18-09-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-017-9627-5

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