Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Introduction: The Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents (PAI-A) examines the psychopathological symptomatology and variables related to the design of psychotherapeutic interventions. It is composed of 264 items for use in the clinical assessment of adolescents between 12-18 years old. Val...

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Stover, Juliana Beatriz
de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
Castro Solano, Alejandro
Fernández Liporace, Mercedes
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2017
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Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
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dc.title.eng.fl_str_mv Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Inventario de Evaluación de la Personalidad para adolescentes: consistencia interna y dimensionalidad en adolescentes de Buenos Aires
dc.title.por.fl_str_mv Inventário de Avaliação da Personalidade para adolescentes: consistência interna e dimensionalidade em adolescentes de Buenos Aires
title Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
spellingShingle Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_short Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_fullStr Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_sort Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, Argentina
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Stover, Juliana Beatriz
de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
Castro Solano, Alejandro
Fernández Liporace, Mercedes
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Stover, Juliana Beatriz
de la Iglesia, Guadalupe
Castro Solano, Alejandro
Fernández Liporace, Mercedes
description Introduction: The Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents (PAI-A) examines the psychopathological symptomatology and variables related to the design of psychotherapeutic interventions. It is composed of 264 items for use in the clinical assessment of adolescents between 12-18 years old. Validity, clinical, treatment-related, and interpersonal relationship scales are included.Purpose: This paper presents psychometric analyses of the Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents.Method: The participants were 1,002 adolescents (50.3% women, 49.7% men, Mage=14.99, SD=1.88) living in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and on the outskirts. Cronbach’s alphas were calculated to estimate internal consistency, with excellent values for clinical, treatment-related and interpersonal relationship scales, and acceptable values for validity scales and subscales.Results: Dimensionality was examined by principal component analysis with a varimax rotation. A four-factor structure was isolated by including the 22 scales, whereas two factors were obtained when analyzing the 11 clinical scales.Conclusions: We provide evidence of the psychometric quality of the pai-a for use with adolescents from Buenos Aires, filling a gap in local psychological assessment. Further research should extend these psychometric quality analyses, and replicate the procedures in clinical samples.
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spelling Stover, Juliana Beatrizde la Iglesia, GuadalupeCastro Solano, AlejandroFernández Liporace, Mercedes2017-10-262019-05-14T21:11:50Z2019-05-14T21:11:50Zhttps://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/pe/article/view/198510.16925/pe.v13i22.1985https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/9618Introduction: The Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents (PAI-A) examines the psychopathological symptomatology and variables related to the design of psychotherapeutic interventions. It is composed of 264 items for use in the clinical assessment of adolescents between 12-18 years old. Validity, clinical, treatment-related, and interpersonal relationship scales are included.Purpose: This paper presents psychometric analyses of the Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents.Method: The participants were 1,002 adolescents (50.3% women, 49.7% men, Mage=14.99, SD=1.88) living in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and on the outskirts. Cronbach’s alphas were calculated to estimate internal consistency, with excellent values for clinical, treatment-related and interpersonal relationship scales, and acceptable values for validity scales and subscales.Results: Dimensionality was examined by principal component analysis with a varimax rotation. A four-factor structure was isolated by including the 22 scales, whereas two factors were obtained when analyzing the 11 clinical scales.Conclusions: We provide evidence of the psychometric quality of the pai-a for use with adolescents from Buenos Aires, filling a gap in local psychological assessment. Further research should extend these psychometric quality analyses, and replicate the procedures in clinical samples. Introducción: el Inventario de Evaluación de la Personalidad para ado­lescentes (PAI-A, por sus siglas en inglés) examina la sintomatología psicopatológica y las variables vinculadas al diseño de intervenciones psicoterapéuticas. Consta de 264 ítems para su uso en la evaluación clínica de adolescentes entre 12 y 18 años. Incluye escalas de validez clínicas, relacionadas con el tratamiento y de relación interpersonal.Objetivo: en este trabajo se presentan análisis psicométricos del In­ventario de Evaluación de la Personalidad para adolescentes.Méto­do: Participaron 1.002 adolescentes (50,3% mujeres, 49,7% varones; Medad = 14,99; DE = 1,88), residentes en la ciudad de Buenos Aires y alrededores, en Argentina. Se calcularon alfas de Cronbach para es­timar la consistencia interna, y se advirtieron valores excelentes para las escalas clínicas, relacionadas con el tratamiento y de relación in­terpersonal, y aceptables para las escalas de validez y subescalas.Re­sultados: se examinó la dimensionalidad mediante análisis de compo­nentes principales con rotación Varimax. Se aisló una estructura de cuatro factores al incluir las 22 escalas, mientras que al analizar las 11 clínicas, se obtuvieron dos factores.Conclusiones: como conclusión, se aportan evidencias de la calidad psicométrica del PAI-A para su uso con adolescentes de Buenos Aires, cubriendo un área de vacancia en la evaluación psicológica local. Futuras investigaciones deberán ampliar esos análisis de calidad psicométrica, así como replicar los procedimientos en muestras clínicas.Introdução: o Inventário de Avaliação da Personalidade para adolescentes (PAI-A, por sua sigla em inglês) examina a sintomatologia psicopatológica e as variáveis vinculadas ao desenho de intervenções psicoterapéuticas. Consta de 264 itens para seu uso na avaliação clínica de adolescentes entre 12 e 18 anos. Inclui escalas de validade, clínicas, relacionadas com o tratamento e de relação interpessoal.Objetivo: neste trabalho, apresentam-se análises psicométricas do PAI-A.Método: participaram 1 002 adolescentes (50,3 % mulheres, 49,7 % homens; Midade = 14,99; DE = 1,88), residentes na cidade de Buenos Aires e municípios vizinhos. Calcularam-se alfas de Cronbach para estimar a consistência interna, advertendo-se valores excelentes para as escalas clínicas, relacionadas com o tratamento e de relação interpessoal, e aceitáveis para as escalas de validade e subescalas.Resultados: examinou-se a dimensionalidade mediante análise de componentes principais com rotação Varimax. Isolou-se uma estrutura de quatro fatores ao incluir as 22 escalas, enquanto, ao analisar as 11 clínicas, foram obtidos dois fatores.Conclusões: como conclusão, contribuem-se com evidências da qualidade psicométrica do PAI-A para seu uso com adolescentes de Buenos Aires, preenchendo um vazio na avaliação psicológica local. Futuras pesquisas deverão ampliar essas análises de qualidade psicométrica bem como reproduzir os procedimentos em amostras clínicas.application/pdfspaUniversidad Cooperativa de Colombiahttps://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/pe/article/view/1985/2243https://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/pe/article/view/1985/2544Derechos de autor 2017 Pensando Psicologíainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Pensando Psicología; Vol 13 No 22 (2017); 15-27Pensando Psicología; Vol. 13 Núm. 22 (2017); 15-27Pensando Psicología; v. 13 n. 22 (2017); 15-272382-39841900-3099Personality Assessment Inventory for Adolescents: Internal Consistency and Dimensionality in Adolescents from Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInventario de Evaluación de la Personalidad para adolescentes: consistencia interna y dimensionalidad en adolescentes de Buenos AiresInventário de Avaliação da Personalidade para adolescentes: consistência interna e dimensionalidade em adolescentes de Buenos AiresArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPublication20.500.12494/9618oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/96182024-07-16 13:25:30.466metadata.onlyhttps://repository.ucc.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad Cooperativa de Colombiabdigital@metabiblioteca.com