Journal
ASSESSMENT
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 361-372Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1073191102238157
Keywords
personality assessment; incremental validity; informant report; patient report; behavioral prediction
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- NIA NIH HHS [1F32AG20008-01] Funding Source: Medline
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The authors investigated the criterion and incremental validity of personality reports from psychiatric patients and knowledgeable informants in predicting patient substance use, social and risky behaviors, and psychological distress. Patient and informant reports of patient personality and behavior were collected from an adult psychiatric sample (N = 94). Hierarchical regressions indicated that patient reports of personality accounted for significant variance in both concurrent (17%-42%) and future behavior assessed I year later (17%-40%). Informant reports contributed significantly to the prediction of several behaviors and most strongly to social behaviors. Behaviors were predicted equally well by self-reports and informant reports in prospective as in concurrent regressions. Thus, both patient and informant reports of personality contribute importantly to prediction of behavior, and predictive ability is stable across time.
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