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Dissertation
Jul. 9th, 2006 05:27 pmThanks to the literary editing of the BF, I just submitted the final draft of my dissertation to my committee.
What is it? Congruence of Diagnostic Impressions: Comparing Clinician Diagnosis and Personality Assessment Inventory Diagnostic Categories in an Inpatient Forensic Population.
What? The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is a fairly new self-report, objective assessment measure of adult personality. Using already accumulated PAI profiles for 69 patients in a mixed-gender forensic population who completed a valid PAI from August 2000 to June 2003, matched with past, current and discharge patient diagnosis, this study compared diagnostic congruency between PAI-informed diagnosis and clinician-established diagnosis with exact match and close match protocols. The research hypothesis that PAI-informed diagnoses would be congruent with most clinician-established diagnoses was not supported, with only 37% of diagnoses congruent. The research hypotheses that the most congruent diagnoses would be diagnoses made closest in time to PAI administration was supported, with the majority of total diagnostic congruence within 90 days of test administration. Implications of the study are discussed.
What? A boring 70-page paper.
What is it? Congruence of Diagnostic Impressions: Comparing Clinician Diagnosis and Personality Assessment Inventory Diagnostic Categories in an Inpatient Forensic Population.
What? The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is a fairly new self-report, objective assessment measure of adult personality. Using already accumulated PAI profiles for 69 patients in a mixed-gender forensic population who completed a valid PAI from August 2000 to June 2003, matched with past, current and discharge patient diagnosis, this study compared diagnostic congruency between PAI-informed diagnosis and clinician-established diagnosis with exact match and close match protocols. The research hypothesis that PAI-informed diagnoses would be congruent with most clinician-established diagnoses was not supported, with only 37% of diagnoses congruent. The research hypotheses that the most congruent diagnoses would be diagnoses made closest in time to PAI administration was supported, with the majority of total diagnostic congruence within 90 days of test administration. Implications of the study are discussed.
What? A boring 70-page paper.
