TY - JOUR
T1 - "Normal" Personality Inventories in Clinical Assessment
T2 - General Requirements and the Potential for Using the NEO Personality Inventory
AU - Ben-Porath, Yossef S.
AU - Waller, Niels G.
PY - 1992/3
Y1 - 1992/3
N2 - Issues pertaining to the use of "normal" personality inventories in clinical assessment are discussed. The basic tasks of a clinical evaluation are outlined, and the ability of normal measures of personality such as the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) to contribute to clinical assessment is considered. We conclude that normal personality tests should not be used as stand-alone measures in a clinical evaluation and that currently there is insufficient evidence to support the use of the NEO-PI for the differential diagnosis of psychopathology. We note that normal measures of personality show the greatest potential for contribution to clinical assessment in identifying stable personality characteristics.
AB - Issues pertaining to the use of "normal" personality inventories in clinical assessment are discussed. The basic tasks of a clinical evaluation are outlined, and the ability of normal measures of personality such as the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) to contribute to clinical assessment is considered. We conclude that normal personality tests should not be used as stand-alone measures in a clinical evaluation and that currently there is insufficient evidence to support the use of the NEO-PI for the differential diagnosis of psychopathology. We note that normal measures of personality show the greatest potential for contribution to clinical assessment in identifying stable personality characteristics.
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U2 - 10.1037/1040-3590.4.1.14
DO - 10.1037/1040-3590.4.1.14
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001841792
SN - 1040-3590
VL - 4
SP - 14
EP - 19
JO - Psychological assessment
JF - Psychological assessment
IS - 1
ER -