title: External correlates of the Personality Assessment Inventory higher order structures.
abstract: This brief report explores the external correlates of 2 higher order structures of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991, 2007); Hoelzle and Meyer's (2009a, 2009b) PAI Components and Hopwood and Moser's (2011) Internalizing and Externalizing Dimensions. Scores from these higher order structures were correlated with life-event data including education, marital status, employment, suicide attempts, psychiatric hospitalizations, trauma, medical problems, hallucinations, paranoid ideation, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and arrest. Although some differences were noted, the results showed that both Hoelzle and Meyer's Components and Hopwood and Moser's Dimensions were meaningfully correlated with a wide range of life outcomes in a conceptually consistent manner. Overall, these findings provide support for the utility of these higher order variables.
authors: Department of Psychology, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA 30904, USA. jslavinm@gru.edu
authors: Jenelle
authors: J
authors: Slavin-Mulford
authors: Samuel Justin
authors: SJ
authors: Sinclair
authors: Johanna
authors: J
authors: Malone
authors: Michelle
authors: M
authors: Stein
authors: Iruma
authors: I
authors: Bello
authors: Mark A
authors: MA
authors: Blais
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011594:Psychometrics; D013406:Suicide, Attempted