{"title":"A Comprehensive Psychometric Evaluation of the Future Self-Continuity Questionnaire.","authors":"Lei Han, Richard J Siegert, Wendy Wrapson","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2024.2443412","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2024.2443412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Future self-continuity is the relationship between an individual's perception of their present and future selves and is attracting intense interest from researchers in psychology and health. This study aimed to psychometrically evaluate the Future Self-Continuity Questionnaire (FSCQ), a tool designed to measure an individual's future self-continuity, in New Zealand's unique sociocultural context. In Phase 1 we tested the reliability (internal consistency) of the 10 item FSCQ and its three subscales and attempted to replicate the three-factor structure reported previously. In Phase 2 we examined the FSCQ's correlations with established measures like the Future Self-Continuity Scale (FSCS), Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC-14) Scale, Multidimensional Temporal Self-Continuity Scale (MTSCS), and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS). Results from the first phase confirmed the FSCQ's reliability and construct validity, with strong internal consistency (α ranged from .77 to .87) and a good factorial structure (GFI=.97, RMSEA=.04). In the second phase, the FSCQ demonstrated positive correlations with the FSCS, CFC-14, and MTSCS, and negative correlations with the BHS. These findings suggest that the FSCQ reliably measures FSC, has a robust replicable three-factor structure and is consistent with other relevant psychological constructs. This study demonstrates the applicability of the FSCQ outside the United States for the first time.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"496-506"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142932124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Considerations When Determining Similarity Between Traits and Skills: Raters and Item Types.","authors":"Kate E Walton, Dana Murano, Jeremy Burrus","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2024.2444447","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2024.2444447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research has examined similarities and differences between traits and skills. It may be the case that traits and skills can be measured interchangeably with one providing little to no incremental validity over the other. However, methodological limitations constrain our ability to draw firm conclusions. Work in this area thus far has only examined self-reports and single-stimulus Likert items. We carried out two studies to try to determine the extent to which methodology influences observed trait-skill similarity. In Study 1, we collected both self- and observer-reports of traits and skills, and in Study 2, we used both Likert and forced choice items. We examined whether trait-skill similarity in scores and validity evidence varied according to rater and item type. Our findings suggest that trait-skill similarity is unaffected by rater but is affected by item type; forced choice items lend themselves to greater trait-skill similarity.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"426-438"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142915252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ronald R Holden, Erika L Peter, Madeleine T D'Agata, Brenda Brooks
{"title":"The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale: Some Satisfying and Frustrating Findings.","authors":"Ronald R Holden, Erika L Peter, Madeleine T D'Agata, Brenda Brooks","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2024.2444460","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2024.2444460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As a tool for operationalizing basic psychological needs theory (an aspect of self-determination theory), the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) has become the primary self-report measure. Here, with a sample of 807 Canadian military members, we confirm the BPNSFS six content factor structure and, in supporting that structure, demonstrate the differential association of satisfaction and frustration scales with psychological functioning variables that are external to the factor analysis. Although the specific content interpretation of the BPNSFS can be debated, we support the continued use of the BPNSFS as a psychometrically sound instrument.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"486-495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142932128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens, Franziska Reiser, Naemi D Brandt, Dirk Schümann, Matthias Gamer, Raffael Kalisch, Tobias Sommer, Tina B Lonsdorf
{"title":"Assessing the Long-Term Stability of the Spielberger State-Trait Inventory Trait Scale over 3.5 Years.","authors":"Maren Klingelhöfer-Jens, Franziska Reiser, Naemi D Brandt, Dirk Schümann, Matthias Gamer, Raffael Kalisch, Tobias Sommer, Tina B Lonsdorf","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2513936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2513936","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is the most cited measure of state and trait anxiety, and is routinely employed in a variety of research and clinical contexts. Here, we investigate the temporal stability as well as the convergent and discriminant validity of the German version of the STAI trait scale (STAI-T) across multiple time points in two independent samples (105 and 120 Caucasians). We observed temporal stabilities of .42-.67 for intervals between 20 and 41 months and from .81-.87 for intervals of five to 12 months, with decreasing stability as the time interval increased. Temporal stability estimates of the STAI-T were similar to those of related constructs. Additionally, examining the relationships within a nomological network support the recent conclusion that the STAI-T also shares substantial variance with questionnaires measuring negative emotionality such as depression, and hence does not measure anxiety specifically - despite its name. These results provide further psychometric information on what the STAI-T actually measures and to what extent STAI-T scores are expected to be stable across longer time intervals. This is of relevance for researchers aiming, for example, to use the STAI-T scale for predicting symptom trajectories and evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144475750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cheng Cheng, Peiyao Li, Mengya Wang, Wenying Sui, Jun Wang
{"title":"Reliability and Validity Testing and Network Analysis of the Levels of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0 in Chinese College Students.","authors":"Cheng Cheng, Peiyao Li, Mengya Wang, Wenying Sui, Jun Wang","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2509496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2509496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Levels of Personality Functioning Scale (LPFS) is a valuable tool for measuring the common factors and severity of personality pathology. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the LPFS-Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF 2.0) among 539 college students, using the Symptom Checklist-10 (SCL-10), Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form (PID-5-BF), Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory-15 (CBF-PI-15), Suicide Behavior Screening Questionnaire (SBSQ), and Five-Factor Borderline Inventory-Short Form (FFBI-SF) to examine criterion-related validity. Another sample of 3,284 students completed the LPFS-BF 2.0 for network analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit (CFI = 0.997, TLI = 0.996, RMSEA = 0.0491). LPFS-BF 2.0 showed significant positive correlations with SCL-10, SBSQ total score and subdimension (<i>r</i> = 0.219-0.688, <i>p</i> < .01), PID-5 total score and subdimension, and CBF-PI-15 total score, neuroticism and extroversion (<i>r</i> = 0.589-0.729, <i>p</i> < .01). There was a significant positive correlation between FFBI-SF score and subdimension (0.457-0.796, <i>p</i> < .01). Network analysis indicated LPF12 (difficulty in interpersonal cooperation) as the most central item. The results provide evidence for the reliability and validity of the Chinese LPFS-BF 2.0, making it effective for assessing personality functioning. In particular, the network findings highlight the central role of interpersonal dysfunction in personality functioning and may inform future clinical assessment and intervention strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144317175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erika Fanti, Alexandra L Halberstadt, A Esin Asan, Aaron L Pincus
{"title":"Tracing the Trajectory of Charles Manson's Interpersonal Dynamics: A Longitudinal Moment-to-Moment Analysis Using Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID).","authors":"Erika Fanti, Alexandra L Halberstadt, A Esin Asan, Aaron L Pincus","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2515576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2515576","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Charles Manson, notorious for his involvement in the gruesome Tate-LaBianca murders of 1969, remains a polarizing figure. His case has divided not only the public but also clinicians and researchers, resulting in a wide array of diagnoses from personality disorders to schizophrenia. To shed light on this longstanding debate, this study employs a novel approach to systematically assess moment-to-moment dyadic interpersonal exchanges between Manson and several interviewers over a 21-year span. Utilizing Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID), we analyzed seven video-recorded interviews of Manson from 1972 to 1993. Unified Structural Equation Modeling revealed a consistent pattern of dominant and cold interpersonal behavior. Manson demonstrated high agency (dominance) and low communion (warmth) across all interactions but also the capacity for strategic interpersonal behaviors and goal-directed communication, contrasting with disorganized patterns typically associated with schizophrenia. Simulation Modeling Analysis revealed a progressive intensification and rigidity of dominant-cold interpersonal patterns over time. Our findings suggest that Manson's interpersonal style aligns more with severe personality pathology, particularly features of malignant narcissism, rather than a primary psychotic disorder. The study offers a new methodology to investigate complex cases of severe psychopathology and highlights the potential of assessing momentary interpersonal processes in forensic and clinical settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144275167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development and Preliminary Validation of the Mentalizing Vignettes Task: A Measure of Mentalizing Across Relational Contexts.","authors":"Sheetal Lakhani, Poornima Bhola, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, Binukumar Bhaskarapillai","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2509501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2509501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mentalizing is a potentially transdiagnostic construct with important implications for the emotional and interpersonal functioning of individuals with mental health vulnerabilities. The multidimensional and dynamic qualities of mentalizing warrant clinically and contextually relevant assessment grounded in diverse interpersonal situations. We developed the Mentalizing Vignettes Task (MVT), a vignette-based, multiple-choice measure of mentalizing across various relationship domains (e.g., friendship, family, romantic). Study 1 focused on the development, content validation, and item analysis of the MVT-30 with a community sample (<i>n</i> = 120), resulting in a refined 24-item version (MVT-24). Study 2 assessed the internal consistency, convergent validity, known-groups validity, and concurrent validity of the MVT-24 against other measures of mentalizing and related constructs across three groups: borderline personality disorder (<i>n</i> = 37), somatoform disorder (<i>n</i> = 40), and community controls (<i>n</i> = 37). The measure demonstrated adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.80) and content validity (Scale-CVI = 0.98) with preliminary evidence of convergent and concurrent validity through expected associations with uncertainty in reflective functioning, self-mentalizing, processing emotions, attachment anxiety, and interpersonal functioning. MVT-24 also differentiated the clinical groups from the control, supporting its known-groups validity (Cohen's <i>d</i> = 1.12). The current study introduces a brief, context-sensitive tool for assessing mentalizing, with promising implications for clinical formulation and intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144258247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roel J Schepman, Jeroen A P Conjaerts, Sebastiaan P J van Alphen, Jelle de Jong, Samantha Bouwmeester, Arjan C Videler
{"title":"Sensitivity, Specificity and Interrater Reliability of a Clinical Staging Model for Personality Disorders in Older Adults: A Case Series Study.","authors":"Roel J Schepman, Jeroen A P Conjaerts, Sebastiaan P J van Alphen, Jelle de Jong, Samantha Bouwmeester, Arjan C Videler","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2509491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2509491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent Delphi study found expert-consensus that clinical staging (CS) could provide a valid framework in the assessment of personality disorders (PDs) in older adults (Conjaerts et al., 2025). The categorical models used currently to assess PDs are poorly suited for treatment selection, in older adults even more so as age-specific factors were not considered in the development. The aim of this study was to investigate the interrater reliability, sensitivity and specificity of the recently proposed CS model, using the level of personality functioning and the lifetime course of personality pathology as profilers. Clinical vignettes were composed to reflect various stages of PD. 35 international expert clinicians in the field of PDs in older adults were presented three vignettes and asked to assign the PD to a clinical stage. Interrater reliability was good (κ = .86; 95% CI: 0.79-0.94). Overall sensitivity (0.80) and specificity (0.93) rates of the model were good. Sensitivity for stages 2, 3 and 4 was very good (0.92, 0.85, and 0.85, respectively), whereas sensitivity for stage 1 was insufficient (0.60). The overall satisfactory interrater reliability, sensitivity and specificity rates indicate that CS might be a valid and reliable new approach of assessing PDs in older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144225769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Behavioral Observation in Personality Assessment: Comment on Halberstadt and Pincus (2025).","authors":"Jeremy M Ridenour","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2513939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2513939","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144216159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}