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DEPENDENT PERSONALITY INVENTORY (DPI): A SCALE TO ASSESS DEPENDENT PERSONALITY SUBTYPES BASED ON DSM-IV-TR CRITERIA

Huber, NIcole M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1200081883

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2007, Master of Arts in Psychology, Cleveland State University, College of Science.
This study examined the reliability and validity of a new measure, an inventory designed for the assessment of Dependent Personality traits. The new scale, the Dependent Personality Inventory, uses a dichotomous (True/ False) answer format and produces 8 subscales which correspond with the individual criterion of the disorder as defined by the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM-IV-TR). The scale was administered to a sample of 82 students attending a large mid-western university in the United States. Factor analysis of the DPI using a Principle Components Analysis produced two main factors. Additional analysis showed a differential correlation between these two factors and the Dependent Personality Questionnaire (DPQ; Hyler, 1994) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Social Introversion Subscales 1-3 (MMPI-2 Si1-3; Ben-Porath, Hostetler, Butcher & Graham, 1989). The DPQ correlated highly with the DPI factor 1(r=-.65, p<.00) and to a lesser degree with factor 2 (r=-.29, p<.02). All three Si subscales of the MMPI-2 correlated highly with factor 1 (r=-.43, p<.00; r=-.32, p<.00; r=-.50, p< .00) respectively; while only subscales 1 and 3 correlate with factor 2 (r=-.24, p<.05; r=-.39, p<.00) respectively. The results support both the reliability and validity of the DPI as a screening measure in a college student sample. Recommendations for additional studies using the DPI are discussed.
Amir Poreh (Advisor)
63 p.
Dependent personality disorder; Underlying dimensions of dependency; Dependency; Inventory; DSM-IV DPD subtypes; Dependency subtypes

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  • Huber, N. M. (2007). DEPENDENT PERSONALITY INVENTORY (DPI): A SCALE TO ASSESS DEPENDENT PERSONALITY SUBTYPES BASED ON DSM-IV-TR CRITERIA [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1200081883

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Huber, NIcole. DEPENDENT PERSONALITY INVENTORY (DPI): A SCALE TO ASSESS DEPENDENT PERSONALITY SUBTYPES BASED ON DSM-IV-TR CRITERIA. 2007. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1200081883.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Huber, NIcole. "DEPENDENT PERSONALITY INVENTORY (DPI): A SCALE TO ASSESS DEPENDENT PERSONALITY SUBTYPES BASED ON DSM-IV-TR CRITERIA." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1200081883

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