NEUROLOGICALLY-RELATED CHANGES IN PERSONALITY-INVENTORY (NECHAPI) - ACLINICAL TOOL ADDRESSED TO NEUROREHABILITATION PLANNING AND MONITORING EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY TREATMENT

This article introduces version 0.1 of the neurologically-Related Chan ges in Personality Inventory (NECHAPI), an instrument designed as a to ol to assess personality factors in neurological patients and to regis ter changes observed in patients after a neurological condition has ap peared or following treatment of the same. The NECHAPI consists of 40 statements, easily rated by close family and friends of patients with neurological problems. A total of 135 normal subjects and 32 patients with neurological damage were evaluated. Reliability analysis showed a n alpha = 0.7 for the entire inventory. Factor analysis showed five fa ctors accounting for 45.5% of the variance: anger, sensation seeking, emotional vulnerability, sociability, and motivation. (C) 1998 Elsevie r Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.