{"title":"Behavioral Observation in Personality Assessment: Comment on Halberstadt and Pincus (2025).","authors":"Jeremy M Ridenour","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2513939","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2513939","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"684-685"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","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}
{"title":"Call for Papers: Utility of Clinical Personality Assessment.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2543672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2543672","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":"107 5","pages":"686"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144957934","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}
Azad Hemmati, Amin Nazari, Carla Sharp, Saeid Komasi
{"title":"A Neural Network Approach to Comparing AMPD and Object Relations Theory for Personality Disorder Assessment.","authors":"Azad Hemmati, Amin Nazari, Carla Sharp, Saeid Komasi","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2545323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2545323","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While prior research has explored the relationship between Object Relations Theory (ORT) and the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD), comprehensive comparisons across diverse clinical populations and methodologies remain limited. This study investigated the predictive accuracy of AMPD and ORT in identifying personality psychopathology using neural network models within a mixed sample of 639 participants (229 non-clinical undergraduates, 410 psychiatric inpatients). Data were collected using Persian translations of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Self-Report (LPFS-SR), the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) (AMPD measures), and the Structured Interview of Personality Organization-Revised (STIPO-R) (ORT measure). Results indicated significant differences in all subscales of both models between clinical and non-clinical groups. Notably, the borderline personality disorder group showed elevated scores on specific STIPO-R subscales and all AMPD constructs except empathy. Neural network models achieved over 65% accuracy in predicting group membership, with AMPD slightly surpassing ORT (66%+ vs. 65%+). Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis demonstrated high sensitivity for both models, with Area Under the Curve (AUC) values ranging from 0.79 to 0.94. These findings underscore the significant utility of both AMPD and ORT for the assessment, early identification, and diagnosis of personality disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144957960","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}
Dorota Jasielska, Magdalena Poraj-Weder, Grzegorz Pajestka
{"title":"Different Faces of Kindness. Development and Validation of the Kind Attitude Scale.","authors":"Dorota Jasielska, Magdalena Poraj-Weder, Grzegorz Pajestka","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2543010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2543010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although kindness has been a subject of study for psychologists, the lack of consensus in defining and operationalizing this concept poses challenges in conducting reliable comparisons of research findings and frequently leads to inconsistencies in outcomes. The development of a tool that accounts for the multifaceted nature of kindness could facilitate progress in this area. A review of the research suggests that kindness is a complex construct, which can be classified as an attitude consisting of three dimensions: 1) emotional, related to the experience of positive emotions toward other people; 2) cognitive, manifested in beliefs about other people or humanity in general; and 3) behavioral, associated with the undertaking of specific actions aimed at improving the situation of others. A review of research and literature led to the construction of the Kind Attitude Scale (KAS). Study 1 aimed to verify its factor structure. It confirmed the validity of the proposed model, with the three dimensions of kindness. Study 2 further corroborated the three-factor model of kindness by examining the theoretical validity of the KAS. The obtained results confirmed the proposed three-factor model, indicating that the KAS is a reliable, gender-invariant measure and can be utilized in future research on kindness.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144835458","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":"Is There Only One Well-Being for Younger Children and Preadolescents? The Revision of the SCWBS Questionnaire with Detailed Psychometric Properties.","authors":"Marek Matouš Bula, Adam Klocek, Egle Havrdová","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2538554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2538554","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluates the assessment of the well-being of children and preadolescents by examining the psychometric properties of the Stirling Children's Well-Being Scale (SCWBS). Given the growing concerns about children's mental health, accurate and easily administrable measurement tools are urgently needed. This research represents the first in-depth investigation of the SCWBS's factor structure and psychometric characteristics in the largest sample of children under 15 years using multidimensional item response theory. Engaging 1701 children from fourth and sixth grades, we analyzed three SCWBS models: unidimensional, two-factor, and bi-factor models. We also investigated measurement invariance in gender and grade categories, as well as the convergent validity of the scale. The results suggest that, for this age group, the most appropriate approach to evaluate well-being is a unidimensional one, rather than separating it into subjective and psychological well-being. Additionally, we propose a three-point Likert scale for younger participants. Thus, based on our results and previous findings, we hypothesize that the sample under study perceived well-being per se, not specific domains of well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144817001","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}
Xijuan Zhang, Muhua Huang, Jessie Sun, Victoria Savalei
{"title":"Improving the Measurement of the Big Five via Alternative Formats for the BFI-2.","authors":"Xijuan Zhang, Muhua Huang, Jessie Sun, Victoria Savalei","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2531187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2531187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2; Soto & John, 2017a) was developed to improve on the limitations of the original BFI by balancing the number of positively and negatively worded items and establishing a hierarchical structure for the Big Five traits. However, as the BFI-2 employs a Likert format with agree-disagree options, it suffers from common problems of the Likert format, including acquiescence bias and method effects due to the negatively worded items. In this research, we converted the BFI-2 into three alternative formats: Expanded, Item-Specific-Full, and Item-Specific-Light. These formats have tailored response options for each item and avoid the use of negatively worded items, thereby addressing the issues associated with the Likert format. Across two studies (<i>N</i> = 1,335 and <i>N =</i> 1,451), we randomly assigned Canadian undergraduate students to complete the BFI-2 in the original Likert format or one of the three alternative formats. Results showed that the Likert and alternative formats exhibit similar predictive validity. However, the alternative formats-particularly the Expanded format-showed better psychometric properties, including enhanced factor structure, increased reliability, and possibly reduced careless responding. We recommend that researchers consider adopting the BFI-2 in these alternative formats and adapting other Likert scales to these alternative formats.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144794749","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":"Psychometric Properties of Object Relations Scales for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank in an Inpatient Sample.","authors":"John Rucker, Benjamin Berry, Katrina Rufino","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2539406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2539406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Object relations (OR) scales were recently developed for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank by Rucker and Krishnamurthy (2023). This study examined the psychometric properties of these scales with <i>N</i> = 160 psychiatric inpatients by evaluating the factor structure, internal reliability, and criterion validity with instruments measuring object relations features. A confirmatory factor analysis indicated a two-factor model was a better fit than a one-factor model; however, neither were excellent fits. Interrater reliability was excellent for the Self-Representation (<i>r</i> = .95), Other-Representation (<i>r</i> = .96), and Total OR scales (<i>r</i> = .97). Internal consistency reliability for the Total OR scale was acceptable at α = .72, but Self-Representation (α = .67) and Other-Representation (α = .58) subscales were in the clinically suboptimal range. Construct validity analyses demonstrated several conceptually relevant convergences with scales from the Inventory for Personality Organization and Bell Object Relations and Reality Testing Inventory, but unconvincing divergences. Group differences in RISB OR scores were observed between inpatients with and without a personality disorder. Altogether, these findings provide mixed psychometric support for the RISB OR scales and raise doubts about their use as standalone instruments. Results suggest a need for continued reevaluation, if not refinement.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753644","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":"Measuring Chinese Personality in 8 Minutes: A Short Measure of the Five-Factor Model of Personality.","authors":"Michelle Yik, Felity H C Kwok, Kim De Roover","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2524373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2524373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using data from three Chinese samples (<i>N</i>s = 611, 403, 299) collected using both monolingual and bilingual designs, we evaluated the psychometric properties and factor structure of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory 3 (FFI-3), the short form of the NEO Personality Inventory 3 (PI-3), for use in Chinese communities. Although the FFI-3 contains only a quarter of the 240 items of the PI-3, exploratory structural equation modeling revealed that it maintained the five-factor structure of the long form and achieved acceptable levels of internal consistency, cross-language validity, and test-retest reliability. The correlation coefficients between the short-form factors and the corresponding long-form factors were all above .86, indicating a strong association between the short and long versions of the scale. Taken together, our findings suggest that the FFI-3 is a viable tool for mapping personality in Chinese communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144753643","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":"Markers of Suicide Risk on the MMPI-3 Among Post-9/11 Veterans.","authors":"Alec H Rothman, Jaime L Anderson, Dustin B Wygant","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2531179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2531179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suicide among post-9/11 U.S. military veterans has increased dramatically, with effective identification of veteran suicide risk remaining a national priority. We investigated the utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) in assessing suicide risk within this population. Participants were 189 post-9/11 veterans, predominantly male (75.1%) and White/Caucasian (77.8%), who completed the MMPI-3 and self-report measures of suicidality. In this cross-sectional study, we compared MMPI-3 profiles of veterans reporting a lifetime history of suicidal ideation only or suicide attempts to those who did not, with a focus on the Suicidal/Death Ideation (SUI) scale and markers of internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. One-way ANOVAs revealed large effect sizes for SUI in differentiating veterans who reported no suicidal ideation from those with suicide attempts (<i>d</i> = 3.33) and those with suicidal ideation only (<i>d</i> = 1.81), as well as veterans who reported suicidal ideation only from those who also reported past suicide attempts (<i>d</i> = .88). With a few exceptions, markers of internalizing (e.g., Demoralization [RCd]) significantly differentiated the no suicidal ideation group from the suicidal ideation only (<i>d</i>s = .52-1.12) and suicide attempt groups (<i>d</i>s = .48-1.59), while markers of externalizing (e.g., DISC) differentiated the suicidal ideation only and suicide attempt groups (<i>d</i>s = .50-.60). Analyses also revealed very large correlations between SUI and the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms-II (IDAS-II) Suicidality scale (<i>r</i> = .74), and Self-Harm Inventory (<i>r</i> = .51). The SUI scale incremented the RC scales and other SP scales in predicting IDAS-II Suicidality scores (11%-16% additional variance) and SHI scores (2%-4% additional variance). These findings underscore the clinical utility of the MMPI-3, particularly the SUI scale, in comprehensive suicide risk assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144731896","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":"Measuring Happiness Orientations: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences Across Countries, Ages, and Sex.","authors":"Li Lin, Xiaotong Li, Junhao Pan, Hoi-Wing Chan","doi":"10.1080/00223891.2025.2528907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2528907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emerging research highlights the significant role of happiness orientations (i.e., preferred and prioritized ways of pursuing happiness) in well-being and psychosocial functioning. Despite the increasing use of the Hedonic, Eudaimonic, and Extrinsic Motives for Activities (HEEMA) scale to measure happiness orientations across diverse populations, evidence is lacking regarding its measurement invariance, which leaves the validity of group comparisons in happiness orientation uncertain. Thus, we tested the measurement invariance of the HEEMA scale using data from 1,182 U.S. participants (ages 18-86) and 1,531 Chinese participants (ages 18-75). Results showed that the configural and metric invariance of the scale with four factors (i.e., pleasure, comfort, eudaimonic, and extrinsic orientations) was maintained across countries, age groups, and sex groups. Partial scalar invariance was established across countries, and full scalar invariance was established across age and sex groups. Among the invariant models, we found group differences in the levels of pleasure, comfort, eudaimonic, and extrinsic orientations. Moreover, these happiness orientations had differential associations with two criterion indicators: mental illness and proenvironmental behaviors. Our findings support the use of the HEEMA scale in U.S. and Chinese contexts and in different sex and age groups, and also demonstrate the distinction among four orientations.</p>","PeriodicalId":16707,"journal":{"name":"Journal of personality assessment","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144731897","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}