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Preliminary psychometric properties of a measure of Karen Horney's Tridimensional theory in children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Coolidge Frederick L.,
Segal Daniel L.,
Estey Alisa J.,
Neuzil Paula J.
Publication year - 2011
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/jclp.20768
Subject(s) - psychology , neuroticism , personality , construct validity , psychometrics , aggression , test (biology) , clinical psychology , construct (python library) , projective test , reliability (semiconductor) , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychoanalysis , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , biology , programming language
This study established the psychometric properties of a child and adolescent version of the Horney‐Coolidge Tridimensional Inventory (HCTI), which assesses psychoanalyst Karen Horney's theory of neurotic types. Parents of 302 children (ages 5 to 17 years; median age = 12.0 years) completed the new 45‐item version of the HCTI and the Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory (CPNI) about their children. The three main scales (Compliance, Aggression, and Detachment) had good internal scale reliability and excellent test‐retest reliability. Principal components analysis supported Horney's three dimensions and a six‐component substructure. There was also sufficient construct validity with personality disorder scales from the CPNI with the three HCTI dimensions and their six components. The implications of the findings are discussed for Horneyan theory. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 00:1–8, 2011.