Dimensions of psychopathology among alcoholic patients, college students, prison inmates and general psychiatric patients.
The Differential Personality Inventory was administered to four samples of subjects: 404 alcoholic patients, 292 college students, 720 prison inmates, and 181 general psychiatric patients. Exploratory factor analysis on the self-report data yielded seven factors in each sample. The six factors, interpreted as common across samples, were: hypochondriacal complaining, blunted affect versus emotional reactivity, interpersonal conflict, depressed withdrawal, cognitive disorganization, and dysfunctional coping. Implications for the empirical development of a multiaxial diagnostic system and the construction of a case-identifying instrument in psychiatric epidemiological research were discussed.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*