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Karolinska Psychodynamic Profile
Author(s) -
Weinryb RM,
Rössel RJ
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb10573.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychodynamics , inter rater reliability , character (mathematics) , psychodynamic psychotherapy , rating scale , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , test validity , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , power (physics) , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Weinryb RM, ROssel RJ: Karolinska Psychodynamic Profile ‐ KAPP. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991:83 (suppl 363):l‐23. The Karolinska Psychodynamic Profile, KAPP, is a rating instrument founded upon psychoanalytic theory. Its validity is satisfactory, and high interrater reliability can be attained with modest training of the raters in using the instrument. It enables relatively stable and only slowly variable modes of mental functioning and character traits to be assessed psychodynamically. The profile is based upon eighteen subscales, by means of which these modes of mental functioning and character traits can be represented. The subscales have been chosen with a view to obtaining a comprehensive assessment of modes of mental functioning and character traits, as reflected in the patient's self‐image and relationships with others. The subscales and their scale steps have been provided with relatively detailed descriptions which are kept close to clinically observable phenomena. The information needed for making the assessments is obtained through a structural interview procedure. The manual, the subscales and their scale steps, and the assessment procedure is presented.