Relationship between the Holden Psychological Screening Inventory (HPSI) and the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) in a community sample

Citation
Jr. Reddon et al., Relationship between the Holden Psychological Screening Inventory (HPSI) and the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) in a community sample, J PSYCHOPAT, 20(4), 1998, pp. 295-306
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
ISSN journal
08822689 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
295 - 306
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-2689(199812)20:4<295:RBTHPS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Using a sample of 144 mature students, aged 18-53 years, attending a high s chool upgrading program, the screening properties of the Holden Psychologic al Screening Inventory (HPSI) and the correspondence of the HPSI to the Bas ic Personality Inventory (BPI) were evaluated. Correlations between the HPS I and the BPI scales and joint factor analysis of these two inventories dem onstrated the validity of HPSI scales and their sampling adequacy from the major components of psychopathology measured by the BPI. Using the BPI as t he "Gold Standard," the HPSI has almost perfect specificity but the sensiti vity of the HPSI is only about 50% at a T-score of 60, whereas at T = 55, t he sensitivity is 70%, with a specificity of almost 80%. Overall, results i ndicated that the three HPSI scales distinctly measure the three major fact ors of the BPI, and the HPSI has considerable utility as a screening tool.