RELIABILITY OF OBSERVER RATINGS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY-DISORDERS - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY

A 200-item, self-report personality disorder inventory (Coolidge Axis II Inventory; CATI) was administered to 52 married target subjects. Th eir spouses and a close friend completed a significant-other form abou t the targets. The mean correlation across all personality disorder sc ales was .51 for the targets-spouses, .36 for the targets-friends, and .41 for the spouses-friends. Twenty-eight target-spouse correlations were significant and ranged from .99 to - .40. The mean correlation fo r the individual 13 personality disorder scales was .46 for target-spo uses and ranged from .63 for the histrionic scale to .27 for the paran oid scale. The results were interpreted as establishing a basis for si gnificant other assessment of personality disorders.