Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory for Forensic Assessments
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2001
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X01452005
Abstract
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) is a relatively newself-report inventory that has become popular in correctional and forensic settings. The utility of thePAI for forensic assessments was investigated in a sample of 127 adult male forensic psychiatric patients. Theoretically relevant PAI scales and subscales were used as predictors of criterion variables of violence, lifetime diagnosis of psychosis, and lifetime diagnosis of personality disorder. Moderate support for the validity of the PAI was found, in that theoretically relevant PAI (sub)scales tended to predict criterion variables, and theoretically unrelated (sub)scales tended not to. The PAI appears to be able to discriminate on major conceptual dimensions in a forensic setting. A clinical description of the sample, based on PAI scales, is also presented.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, v. 45, issue 2, p. 183-197
Scholar Commons Citation
Douglas, Kevin S.; Hart, Stephen D.; and Kropp, P. Randall, "Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory for Forensic Assessments" (2001). Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications. 114.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mhlp_facpub/114
