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Self and informant ratings of SCID‐II personality disorder items for nonreferred college women: Effects of item and participant characteristics
Author(s) -
McKeeman Joni L.,
Erickson Marilyn T.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199710)53:6<523::aid-jclp1>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , personality assessment inventory , clinical psychology , personality test , personality disorders , rating scale , psychometrics , avoidant personality disorder , test validity , developmental psychology , social psychology
Examined the relationship between self‐ and informant‐ratings on Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐III‐R Personality Disorders (SCID‐II) items. Seventy‐five female undergraduate student volunteers and their roommates also completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, Rubin's Liking Scale, and the Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Self‐rating scores on personality disorder items were significantly higher than informant‐ratings on five personality disorder scales. Participants and informants endorsed more personality disorder items rated higher on social desirability. No relationship was found between subjectivity of personality disorder scales and differences between self‐ and informant‐ratings. Participants with higher needs for positive self‐presentation rated themselves lower on nine personality disorder scales. A higher level of liking for roommates was associated with lower informant ratings for six personality disorder scales. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 53 : 523–533, 1997.