PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE HOLDEN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING INVENTORY FOR A PSYCHIATRIC OFFENDER SAMPLE

With a sample of 84 adult patients newly admitted to the forensic unit of a metropolitan psychiatric hospital, we evaluated the psychometric properties of the Holden Psychological Screening Inventory (HPSI). Re sults indicated that HPSI scales were reliable, and item factor analys is confirmed the HPSI's scoring key and latent structure. Correlations and joint factor analysis with scales from the MMPI-2 and Jackson's B asic Personality Inventory demonstrated the convergent validity of HPS I scales and their sampling adequately from the major components of ps ychopathology. Overall, findings build toward the clinical construct v alidity of the HPSI.