Psychological assessment
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Psychological assessment · Dec 2005
Comparative StudyA comparison of the validity of the five-factor model (FFM) personality disorder prototypes. Using FFM self-report and interview measures.
Recent studies have demonstrated that personality disorders (PDs) can be assessed via a prototype-matching technique, which enables researchers and clinicians to match an individual's five-factor model (FFM) personality profile to an expert-generated prototype. The current study examined the relations between these prototype scores, using interview and self-report data, and PD symptoms in an outpatient sample (N = 115). Both sets of PD prototype scores demonstrated significant convergent validity with PD symptom counts, suggesting that the FFM PD prototype scores are appropriate for use with both sources of data.
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Psychological assessment · Dec 2005
Comparative StudyA psychometric comparison of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in English and Spanish.
The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; A. T. Beck, R. ⋯ Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the published English-language factor structure showed good fit with data from the Spanish instrument. Among bilingual participants who took the BDI-II in both languages, there was no significant language effect. These data provide initial evidence of comparable reliability and validity between the English and Spanish BDI-II in a nonclinical sample.