title: Convergence of Self-Reports and Informant Reports on the Personality Assessment Screener.
abstract: The present study is the first to investigate the Personality Assessment Screener, a brief self-report measure of risk for emotional and behavioral dysfunction, in relation to the informant report version of this instrument, the Personality Assessment Screener-Other. Among a sample of undergraduate roommate dyads ( N = 174), self-report and informant report total scores on the Personality Assessment Screener/Personality Assessment Screener-Other moderately converged ( r = 0.45), with generally greater agreement between perspectives observed for externalizing behaviors compared with internalizing distress. In addition, selves tended to report more psychological difficulties relative to informant ratings ( d = 0.45) with an average absolute discrepancy between sources of 6.31 ( SD = 4.96) out of a possible range of 66. Discrepancies between self-report and informant report were significantly associated with characteristics of the dyadic relationship (e.g., length of acquaintanceship) as well as the severity of self-reported psychological difficulties and positive impression management.
authors.affiliation: 1 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.affiliation: 1 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Edens
authors.affiliation: 1 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Leslie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Morey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000295:instrumentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D015206:Southwestern United States; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Personality Assessment Screener; informant report; multimethod; psychopathology; screening measure; self-report