PMID- 20109169
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100524
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1471-244X (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-244X (Linking)
VI  - 10
DP  - 2010 Jan 28
TI  - Screening for personality disorder with the Standardised Assessment of 
      Personality: Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): further evidence of concurrent validity.
PG  - 10
LID - 10.1186/1471-244X-10-10 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The assessment of personality disorders (PD) is costly and 
      time-consuming. There is a need for a brief screen for personality disorders that 
      can be used in routine clinical settings and epidemiological surveys. AIMS: To 
      test the validity of the Standardised Assessment of Personality: Abbreviated 
      Scale (SAPAS) as a screen for PD in a clinical sample of substance abusers. 
      METHODS: Convergent validity of the SAPAS with both categorical and dimensional 
      representations of personality disorders was estimated. RESULTS: In this sample, 
      the SAPAS correlated well with dimensional representations of cluster A and C 
      personality disorders, even after controlling for ADHD symptoms, 
      anxiety/depression symptoms and recent substance use. The SAPAS was also 
      significantly associated with total number of PD criteria, although correlation 
      with categorical measures of PD was weak. CONCLUSIONS: The SAPAS is an valid 
      brief screen for PD as assessed dimensionally.
FAU - Hesse, Morten
AU  - Hesse M
AD  - Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark. mh@crf.au.dk
FAU - Moran, Paul
AU  - Moran P
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100128
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Psychiatry
JT  - BMC psychiatry
JID - 100968559
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cluster Analysis
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Denmark/epidemiology
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Personality Assessment/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Personality Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC2824652
EDAT- 2010/01/30 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/25 06:00
PMCR- 2010/01/28
CRDT- 2010/01/30 06:00
PHST- 2009/09/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/01/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/01/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2010/01/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-244X-10-10 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-244X-10-10 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Psychiatry. 2010 Jan 28;10:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-10.