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The Separation-Individuation Inventory. Association with borderline phenomena.

B M Dolan1, C Evans, K Norton

  • 1Section of Forensic Psychiatry, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom.

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
|August 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

The Separation Individuation Inventory (SII) shows promise for assessing adult psychopathology, particularly borderline personality disorder. This study validates its use in a UK therapeutic community, finding good internal consistency and correlations with psychopathology indicators.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • The Separation Individuation Inventory (SII) was developed to measure adult psychopathology based on Mahler's separation-individuation theory.
  • Previous use of the SII was limited to the original study comparing borderline personality disorder subjects with controls.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association of the SII with other self-report measures of borderline personality disorder.
  • To evaluate the SII's utility in a British therapeutic community sample.

Main Methods:

  • The study utilized British samples from a therapeutic community for individuals with severe personality disorders.
  • The SII scores were compared with two self-report measures assessing borderline personality diagnosis and phenomenology.

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Main Results:

  • The SII demonstrated good internal consistency and respectable screening parameters.
  • The inventory showed high correlations with indicators of trait psychopathology.
  • The findings support the SII's validity in assessing psychopathology in a clinical population.

Conclusions:

  • The SII is a reliable tool for assessing psychopathology, especially in the context of borderline personality disorder.
  • A minor modification to the SII scoring is suggested.
  • Further research is recommended in two key areas to enhance its application.