[Background and practical use of the assessment of identity development in adolescence (AIDA)].
A paradigm shift towards early detection and intervention of personality disorders in adolescence to prevent persistent and chronic suffering is currently taking place. Aside further distinct areas of impaired psychosocial integrity, disturbed identity development is seen as one core component of personality disorders. Thus, the detection of early antecedents of impaired identity development is an important step to allow for early intervention. The self-report questionnaire Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence (AIDA) is a reliable and valid diagnostic instrument to detect disturbed identity development. This questionnaire allows for global assessment of identity and a differentiation in fundamental subdomains as well and distinguishes between identity diffusion on one side and consolidated and stable identity on the other. In clinical practice, it supports the differentiation between severely disturbed identity as the core component of personality disorders and identity crisis or stable identity development that can be found in other mental disorders.
Marc Birkholzer, Jugendforensische Ambulanz (JAM), Universitare Psychiatrische Kliniken, Wilhelm-Klein-Strasse 27, CH-4012 Basel;
Marc
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Birkhölzer
Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrische Klinik, Universitare Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel/Schweiz;
Kirstin
K
Goth
Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrische Klinik, Universitare Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel/Schweiz;
Christian
C
Schrobildgen
Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrische Klinik, Universitare Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel/Schweiz;
Klaus
K
Schmeck
Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrische Klinik, Universitare Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel/Schweiz;|Praxis fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Frankfurt am Main/Deutschland.
Susanne
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Schlüter-Müller
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007063:Identity Crisis; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011613:Psychotherapy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Fragebogen; Identitat; Jugendliche; Personlichkeitsstorung; Psychopathologie; adolescence; assessment; identity; personality disorder; psychopathology