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Validation of the SWAP-200 for diagnosing psychostructural organization in personality disorders
H Loffler-Stastka1, E Ponocny-Seliger, M Fischer-Kern
1Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. henriette.loeffler-stastka@meduniwien.ac.at
Background:
The aim of the study was to investigate the validity of the prototype-matching, empirically based 200-item Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP-200) and its clinical utility for describing underlying dimensions of psychostructural organization and functioning.
Sampling And Methods:
Patients (n = 306) from two psychoanalytic out-patient departments were included. Replicatory and exploratory factor analysis, correlation and discriminant validity statistics, and canonical correlation analysis were performed.
Results:
Replicatory factor analysis failed to reproduce the identical original factorial structure. Standard factor analysis revealed an eight-factor solution displaying a dimensional description of psychostructural personality organization (high functioning - neurotic/inhibited - borderline/emotionally dysregulated - psychotic/dissocial). Discriminant validity exists across the sample owing to high/poor psychological functioning. Canonical correlation analysis does not support the replacement of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, but provides relevant implications for refining DSM-IV axis II.
Conclusions:
Support is given for the SWAP instrument in describing dimensional higher-order personality organization and psychostructural functioning.
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