Dependent Personality Inventory (dpi): a Scale to Assess Dependent Personality Subtypes Based on Dsm-iv-tr Criteria
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: This study examined the reliability and validity of a new measure, an inventory designed for the assessment of Dependent Personality traits.The new scale, the Dependent Personality Inventory, uses a dichotomous (True/ False) answer format and produces 8 subscales which correspond with the individual criterion of the disorder as defined by the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4 th edition (DSM-IV-TR).The scale was administered to a sample of 82 students attending a large mid-western university in the United States.Factor analysis of the DPI using a Principle Components Analysis produced two main factors.Additional analysis showed a differential correlation between these two factors and the Dependent Personality Questionnaire (DPQ; Hyler, 1994) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Social Introversion Subscales 1-3 (MMPI-2 Si 1-3 ; Ben-Porath, Hostetler, Butcher & Graham, 1989).The DPQ correlated highly with the DPI factor 1(r=-.65, p<.00) and to a lesser degree with factor 2 (r=-.29,p<.02).All three Si subscales of the MMPI-2 correlated highly with factor 1 (r=-.43,p<.00; r=-.32, p<.00; r=-.50, p< .00)respectively; while only subscales 1 and 3 correlate with factor 2 (r=-.24,p<.05; r=-.39, p<.00) respectively.The results support both the reliability and validity of the DPI as a screening measure in a college student sample.Recommendations for additional studies using the DPI are discussed.
Author: NIcole M Huber
Institution: Cleveland State University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2247569619