title: The reliability of the Developmental Profile based on video ratings.
abstract: Although psychodynamic interviews often provide a broad spectrum of interesting and useful information for the therapist, most of these interviews lack sufficient psychometric quality. So far, the Developmental Profile interview seemed an exception. However, only first-level reliability ratings based on a written account of an interview had been conducted. This study presents the results of a second-level reliability study of the Developmental Profile, based on ratings of videotapes of the Profile interview. A total of 32 videotaped interviews with psychotherapeutic inpatients were rated by three independent raters in compliance with the new version of the Developmental Profile rating manual. Contrary to earlier findings, the authors found insufficient reliability. Results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: De Gelderse Roos, Institute for Mental Health Care, Wolfheze, The Netherlands. w.scholte@degelderseroos.nl
authors.forename: Wubbo R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Scholte
authors.forename: Bea G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Tiemens
authors.forename: Roel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verheul
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meerman
authors.forename: Giel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hutschemaekers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014743:Videotape Recording; D055815:Young Adult