SELF AND INFORMANT RATINGS OF SCID-II PERSONALITY-DISORDER ITEMS FOR NONREFERRED COLLEGE-WOMEN - EFFECTS OF ITEM AND PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS

Examined the relationship between self-and informant-ratings on Struct ured Clinical interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II) items. Seventy-five female undergraduate student volunteers and their roommates also completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, Rubin's Liking S cale. and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Self-rating sc ores on personality disorder items were significantly higher than info rmant-ratings on five personality disorder scales. Participants and in formants endorsed more personality disorder items rated higher on soci al desirability. No relationship was found between subjectivity of per sonality disorder scales and differences between self-and informant-ra tings. Participants with higher needs for positive self-presentation r ated themselves lower on nine personality disorder scales. A higher le vel of liking for roommates was associated with lower informant rating s for six personality disorder scales. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc .