title: Adjectival descriptions of personality disorders: a convergent validity study of the MCMI-III.
abstract: The responses to a 469-item list of adjectives (consensually validated by national experts as representing key descriptors for each personality disorder) from 202 male substance abusers in outpatient treatment were correlated with their responses to the MCMI-III, a frequently used test for the assessment of personality disorders. Results suggested good convergent validity for the interpersonal descriptive domain for the MCMI-III scales. The Histrionic scale had extremely high convergent validity.
authors.affiliation: Drug Abuse Program, V.A. Chicago Health Care System-West Side Division, Illinois 60612-3740, USA. rjcraig@mediaone.net
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010045:Outpatients; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology