Convergence of Self-Reports and Informant Reports on the Personality Assessment Screener. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kelley, Shannon E.; Edens, John F.; Morey, Leslie C.
• Is Part Of: Assessment. Volume 24:Number 8(2017)
• Page Start: 999
• Page End: 1007
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Personality Assessment Screener -- self-report -- informant report -- psychopathology -- screening measure -- multimethod; Psychological tests -- Periodicals; Psychodiagnostics -- Periodicals; Personality tests -- Periodicals; 150.287
• DOI: 10.1177/1073191116636450
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1911

Abstract

The present study is the first to investigate the Personality Assessment Screener, a brief self-report measure of risk for emotional and behavioral dysfunction, in relation to the informant report version of this instrument, the Personality Assessment Screener–Other. Among a sample of undergraduate roommate dyads ( N = 174), self-report and informant report total scores on the Personality Assessment Screener/Personality Assessment Screener–Other moderately converged ( r = 0.45), with generally greater agreement between perspectives observed for externalizing behaviors compared with internalizing distress. In addition, selves tended to report more psychological difficulties relative to informant ratings ( d = 0.45) with an average absolute discrepancy between sources of 6.31 ( SD = 4.96) out of a possible range of 66. Discrepancies between self-report and informant report were significantly associated with characteristics of the dyadic relationship (e.g., length of acquaintanceship) as well as the severity of self-reported psychological difficulties and positive impression management.