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Personality organization defined by DMT and the Structural Interview.

B A Armelius1, E Sundbom, P Fransson

  • 1Department of Applied Psychology, University of Umeå, Sweden.

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
|January 1, 1990
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Personality Organization (PO) can be reliably measured in psychiatric patients using the Structural Interview and the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT). These methods show concurrent validity, supporting their use in differential diagnosis.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychological Assessment

Background:

  • The psychoanalytic concept of Personality Organization (PO) is crucial for understanding personality structure.
  • Operationalizing abstract psychoanalytic concepts is essential for empirical research and clinical application.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the reliability and validity of operationalizing Personality Organization (PO) in psychiatric inpatients.
  • To assess the utility of the Structural Interview and the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT) for measuring PO.

Main Methods:

  • The study involved 50 psychiatric inpatients.
  • Personality Organization (PO) was operationalized using both the Structural Interview and the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT).
  • Reliability was assessed through inter-rater agreement, and validity was estimated via the correlation between the two methods.

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Main Results:

  • Both the Structural Interview and the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT) demonstrated acceptable reliability for assessing Personality Organization (PO).
  • A substantial correlation was found between the PO judgments derived from the Structural Interview and the DMT, indicating concurrent validity.
  • The findings suggest that PO can be reliably operationalized for psychiatric patient populations.

Conclusions:

  • The concept of Personality Organization (PO) can be reliably operationalized in psychiatric patients.
  • The Structural Interview and the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT) possess concurrent validity for assessing PO.
  • Both methods are suitable for differential diagnosis of Personality Organization (PO) in clinical settings.