Iowa Personality Disorder Screen (IPDS)

Langbehn, Pfohl, & Reynolds et al., 1999.

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All DSM-III-R Personality Disorders

The average internal consistency was .72 (Langbehn et al., 1999).

Blind administration of the IPDS yielded excellent sensitivity (92%) and good specificity (79%), using a subset of five screening items (Langbehn et al., 1999).

The personality assessment inventory (PAI)

Morey (1991)

344

Clinical:

1) Somatic Complaints

2) Anxiety

3) Anxiety-Related Disorders

4) Depression

5) Mania

6) Paranoia

7) Schizophrenia

8) Borderline Features

9) Antisocial Features

10) Alcohol Problems

11) Drug Problems

Interpersonal Scales

1) Dominance

2) Warmth

Treatment Scales

1) Aggression

2) Suicidal Ideation

3) Stress

4) Non-support

5) Treatment Rejection

Validity Scales

1) Infrequency

2) Negative Impression

3) Positive Impression

4) Inconsistency

Internal consistency reliability on average = .82. Subscale reliabilities were lower averaging .66.

The scales were found to significantly correlate with the prevalence of life-events in psychiatric patients, except for the mania and anxiety scales.

Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS)

Moran, Leese, Lee, Walters, Graham, Thornicroft, & Mann (2003)

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All DSM-IV Personality Disorders

When compared to the SCID-II, the SAPAS was found to have a good balance of sensitivity (.73) and specificity (.9; Pluck, Sirdifield, Brooker & Moran, 2012).

The Hogan Development Survey

Hogan & Hogan, 1997

1) Excitable

2) Sceptical

3) Cautious

4) Reserved

5) Leisurely

6) Bold

7) Mischievous

8) Colourful

9) Imaginative

10) Diligent

11) Dutiful

The HDS can predict work success, as well as each factor being reduced to clusters A, B and C of the DSM-IV (Furnham et al., 2012).

The Omnibus Personality Inventory (OMNI)

Loranger, 1994, 2002

375 items

This questionnaire uses a seven-point Likert-type scale to measure

features of all DSM-IV Axis II personality disorders