Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Dynamic Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
J Pers Assess. 2021 May-Jun;103(3):352-364. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2020.1753753. Epub 2020 Apr 20.
The assessment of personality and personality pathology in adolescence represents a critical topic to understand adolescent's difficulties, predict long-term outcome in adulthood, and indicate adequate treatment. Personality Organization, and its underlying dimensions, plays an essential role in shaping how adolescents face their developmental tasks as they are connected with psychosocial functioning and psychopathological severity. However, few measures are available to assess personality organization during adolescence. The aim of the present research is to investigate the psychometric properties of the Interview of Personality Organization Processes in Adolescence (IPOP-A), a semi-structured interview designed for the assessment of the main personality organization dimensions in adolescence. Three studies were performed to explore the psychometric properties of the IPOP-A, in terms of factor structure, reliability, convergent, and discriminant validity. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported the IPOP-A construct validity. Furthermore, IPOP-A showed good reliability and evidenced a convergent and discriminant validity with DSM-oriented personality patterns, emotion dysregulation, identity disturbance, and psychopathology. Our results provide evidence of IPOP-A validity to assess emerging personality organization in adolescence. Furthermore, the IPOP-A is a promising tool to use in the clinical consultation and treatment planning for the adolescent.
青少年的人格和人格病理学评估是一个至关重要的课题，它可以帮助我们了解青少年的困难，预测他们成年后的长期预后，并为他们提供适当的治疗。人格组织及其潜在维度在塑造青少年如何应对发展任务方面起着至关重要的作用，因为它们与社会心理功能和精神病理学严重程度有关。然而，目前评估青少年人格组织的方法很少。本研究旨在探讨青少年人格组织过程访谈（IPOP-A）的心理测量特性，这是一种半结构化访谈，旨在评估青少年主要的人格组织维度。进行了三项研究来探讨 IPOP-A 的心理测量特性，包括因素结构、信度、聚合和区分效度。探索性和验证性因素分析支持了 IPOP-A 的结构效度。此外，IPOP-A 表现出良好的信度，并与基于 DSM 的人格模式、情绪调节障碍、身份障碍和精神病理学具有聚合和区分效度。我们的研究结果为 IPOP-A 在评估青少年新兴人格组织方面的有效性提供了证据。此外，IPOP-A 是一种很有前途的工具，可用于青少年的临床咨询和治疗计划。
