title: Family assessment: toward DSM-III-R relevancy.
abstract: The assessment of family pathology never has been integrated into current individual diagnostic theory and DSM-III-R; it usually has followed idiosyncratic family treatment theories or has not been emphasized extensively. The purpose of the present study is to extend individual DSM-III-R personality disorder assessment to family assessment. The Personality Adjective Check List was given to 65 subjects along with a traditional family assessment inventory. The Personality Adjective Check List exhibited high reliabilities across all personality disorders and appropriate and substantial validity estimates against the traditional family assessment inventory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley 80639.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Retzlaff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data