The Developmental Profile Inventory: Constructing a Clinically Useful Self-Report for Levels of Psychodynamic Personality Functioning.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Developmental Profile Inventory (DPI) was constructed to assess psychodynamic personality functioning by self-report.

Method

On the basis of the frame of reference of the Development Profile interview method, a self-report was developed covering 3 domains, self, interpersonal functioning, and problem-solving strategies, which represent 6 maladaptive and 3 adaptive developmental levels of psychodynamic functioning. The DPI was administered to patients with personality disorders who were receiving psychotherapy (N=179) and to normal controls (N=228).

Results

The internal reliabilities of the subscales were in general in the fair to good range in the patient sample, (α=0.67 to 0.88, ωh=0.52 to 0.87) and adequate to good in the healthy controls (α=0.71 to 0.

SUBMITTER: Polak MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278880 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature