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A psychoticism scale in hindi : ii. Standardization
1Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, (Deptt. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 016).
Indian Journal of Psychiatry
|November 8, 2011
Summary
This study developed and validated a Hindi questionnaire to measure psychoticism. The tool effectively differentiates between psychotic and non-psychotic individuals, suggesting it
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Psychometric Assessment
Background:
- Psychoticism is a personality trait associated with various psychological conditions.
- Standardized assessment tools are crucial for accurate diagnosis and research.
- A validated Hindi-language measure for psychoticism was lacking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To standardize and validate a 60-item Hindi questionnaire for assessing psychoticism.
- To evaluate the reliability and validity of the new psychoticism scale.
- To establish a reliable tool for differentiating psychotic and non-psychotic individuals.
Main Methods:
- Administered the 60-item Hindi psychoticism questionnaire to 400 participants: 100 psychotics (schizophrenics, manic-depressives), 100 neurotics, 100 relatives of psychotics, and 100 normal controls.
- Assessed reliability using Kuder-Richardson formula, split-half, and test-retest methods.
- Evaluated criterion, concurrent, and cross-validity through diagnostic group comparisons, correlations with established scales (PEN, Personality Traits Inventory), and multi-center data analysis.
Main Results:
- Mean P-scores significantly differed between diagnostic groups (psychotics: 30.69, neurotics: 13.63, relatives: 13.85, normals: 8.83), except between neurotics and relatives.
- Reliability coefficients ranged from .62 to .88 across different methods.
- The questionnaire demonstrated satisfactory validity, effectively discriminating between psychotic and non-psychotic individuals with a suggested cut-off point.
Conclusions:
- The developed Hindi questionnaire is a valid and reliable measure of psychoticism.
- The findings support psychoticism as a measurable personality trait with a normal distribution in the population.
- This tool can aid in the assessment and differentiation of psychological conditions in Hindi-speaking populations.
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