Screening for personality disorder with the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): further evidence of concurrent validity

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Morten Hesse¹  Paul Moran² 

[1] Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark;Health Services and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK;

关键词: Personality Disorder;    Personality Disorder;    Antisocial Personality Disorder;    Methadone Maintenance Treatment;    Borderline Personality Disorder;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-10-10

 received in 2009-09-10, accepted in 2010-01-28,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe assessment of personality disorders (PD) is costly and time-consuming. There is a need for a brief screen for personality disorders that can be used in routine clinical settings and epidemiological surveys. Aims: To test the validity of the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS) as a screen for PD in a clinical sample of substance abusers.MethodsConvergent validity of the SAPAS with both categorical and dimensional representations of personality disorders was estimated.ResultsIn this sample, the SAPAS correlated well with dimensional representations of cluster A and C personality disorders, even after controlling for ADHD symptoms, anxiety/depression symptoms and recent substance use. The SAPAS was also significantly associated with total number of PD criteria, although correlation with categorical measures of PD was weak.ConclusionsThe SAPAS is an valid brief screen for PD as assessed dimensionally.

【 授权许可】

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© Hesse and Moran; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010