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Screening for personality disorder with the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): further evidence of concurrent validity

Authors: Morten Hesse, Paul Moran

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2010

Abstract

Background

The assessment of personality disorders (PD) is costly and time-consuming. There is a need for a brief screen for personality disorders that can be used in routine clinical settings and epidemiological surveys. Aims: To test the validity of the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS) as a screen for PD in a clinical sample of substance abusers.

Methods

Convergent validity of the SAPAS with both categorical and dimensional representations of personality disorders was estimated.

Results

In this sample, the SAPAS correlated well with dimensional representations of cluster A and C personality disorders, even after controlling for ADHD symptoms, anxiety/depression symptoms and recent substance use. The SAPAS was also significantly associated with total number of PD criteria, although correlation with categorical measures of PD was weak.

Conclusions

The SAPAS is an valid brief screen for PD as assessed dimensionally.

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Title: Screening for personality disorder with the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): further evidence of concurrent validity
Authors: Morten Hesse
Paul Moran
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-10-10

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Screening for personality disorder with the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): further evidence of concurrent validity

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Results

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