Screening for personality disorder in incarcerated adolescent boys: preliminary validation of an adolescent version of the standardised assessment of personality – abbreviated scale (SAPAS-AV)

BMC Psychiatry

Erik Simonsen²  Sune Bo²  Paul Moran¹  Mickey Kongerslev² 

[1] King’s College London, Health Services & Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom;Psychiatric Research Unit, Region Zealand, Toftebakken 9, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

关键词: Juvenile offenders;    Aggression;    Adolescence;    Psychiatric epidemiology;    Screening;    Personality assessment;    Personality disorder;   

Others  :  1124337
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-12-94

 received in 2012-03-19, accepted in 2012-07-24,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

Personality disorder (PD) is associated with significant functional impairment and an elevated risk of violent and suicidal behaviour. The prevalence of PD in populations of young offenders is likely to be high. However, because the assessment of PD is time-consuming, it is not routinely assessed in this population. A brief screen for the identification of young people who might warrant further detailed assessment of PD could be particularly valuable for clinicians and researchers working in juvenile justice settings.

Method

We adapted a rapid screen for the identification of PD in adults (Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale; SAPAS) for use with adolescents and then carried out a study of the reliability and validity of the adapted instrument in a sample of 80 adolescent boys in secure institutions. Participants were administered the screen and shortly after an established diagnostic interview for DSM-IV PDs. Nine days later the screen was readministered.

Results

A score of 3 or more on the screening interview correctly identified the presence of DSM-IV PD in 86% of participants, yielding a sensitivity and specificity of 0.87 and 0.86 respectively. Internal consistency was modest but comparable to the original instrument. 9-days test-retest reliability for the total score was excellent. Convergent validity correlations with the total number of PD criteria were large.

Conclusion

This study provides preliminary evidence of the validity, reliability, and usefulness of the screen in secure institutions for adolescent male offenders. It can be used in juvenile offender institutions with limited resources, as a brief, acceptable, staff-administered routine screen to identify individuals in need of further assessment of PD or by researchers conducting epidemiological surveys.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Kongerslev et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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