title: Assessing DSM-5-oriented level of personality functioning: Development and psychometric evaluation of the Semi-Structured Interview for Personality Functioning DSM-5 (STiP-5.1).
abstract: The alternative model for personality disorders (AMPD) in theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM-5) features a Level of Personality Functioning Scale, measuring intrinsic personality processes that include identity, self-direction, empathy, and intimacy. This study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a semistructured interview schedule for the multi-item assessment of the level of personality functioning, the Semi-Structured Interview for Personality FunctioningDSM-5(STiP-5.1). Eighty patients and 18 community subjects completed the STiP-5.1. Patients additionally completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Severity Indices of Personality Problems, and the Structured Clinical Interview forDSM-IVAxis I and Axis II Personality Disorders. Good interrater reliability was observed in subsamples of patients (n = 40) and nonpatients (n = 18). Associations between the interview scores and conceptually relevant external measures consistently supported the construct validity of the instrument. The STiP-5.1 thus offers a brief, relatively user-friendly instrument with generally favorable psychometric properties for the assessment of level of personality functioning of theDSM-5AMPD. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders.
authors.forename: Joost
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hutsebaut
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam.
authors.forename: Jan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kamphuis
authors.affiliation: Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders.
authors.forename: Dine J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Feenstra
authors.affiliation: Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders.
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Weekers
authors.affiliation: Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders.
authors.forename: Hilde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Saeger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*