title: Psychometric properties of the Separation-Individuation Test of Adolescence within a clinical population.
abstract: Completed forms of the Separation Individuation Test of Adolescence (SITA) and the Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory were obtained from 117 clinical subjects. In addition, clinicians who were working with the subjects rated them on the SITA's subscale dimensions. The results were compared with those previously found for a nonclinical population. Moderately strong internal-structural properties were attained for six of the nine SITA subscales. Personality external criteria correlations showed a great deal of convergence with findings previously obtained from a nonclinical sample and were consistent with the theoretical foundations of the SITA subscales. Clinician ratings did not tend to correlate with the complementary SITA subscales, although they did with SITA subscales that were conceptually similar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saintonge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics