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  • Psychopathology
  • Personality Assessment

Background:

  • The Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO) measures personality functioning based on Kernberg's model.
  • Exploring the factor structure of the IPO is crucial for understanding personality organization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the viability of a bifactor model for the German 83-item version of the IPO.
  • To assess the general and specific factors of personality organization within Kernberg's framework.
  • To develop a brief form of the IPO based on the bifactor model.

Main Methods:

  • Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analyses were used on a sample of 616 participants.
  • The factor structure of the 83-item German IPO was examined.
  • Convergent and discriminant validity were assessed against interview-based measures.

Main Results:

  • A bifactor model was successfully established, comprising a general factor of personality functioning and three specific factors: Aggression, Reality Testing, and Moral Values.
  • The general factor accounted for approximately 66% of the common variance.
  • The general and specific factors demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support a bifactor approach to Kernberg's model of personality organization.
  • A 30-item brief form of the IPO, reflecting the bifactor structure, was developed and may be useful for future research and clinical application.