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The Diagnostic Interview for Depressive Personality

J G Gunderson1, K A Phillips, J Triebwasser

  • 1Personality and Psychosocial Research Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178.

The American Journal of Psychiatry
|September 1, 1994
PubMed
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A new Diagnostic Interview for Depressive Personality was developed and validated. This structured interview reliably assesses depressive personality traits and aids in diagnosing depressive personality disorder.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Mental Health Assessment

Background:

  • Depressive personality disorder lacks a standardized diagnostic tool.
  • Previous assessments relied on trait identification without a structured interview.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a structured interview for depressive personality disorder.
  • To establish reliable and valid psychometric properties for the new instrument.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review to identify 32 depressive personality traits.
  • Iterative development and testing of the interview across three subject groups (n=602).
  • Psychometric evaluation including interrater, test-retest, and diagnostic reliability using kappa statistics.

Main Results:

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  • The Diagnostic Interview for Depressive Personality assesses 30 traits.
  • Satisfactory interrater (kappa=0.67), test-retest (kappa=0.41), and diagnostic reliability (kappa=0.62) were achieved.
  • A cutoff score of 42 provides a useful diagnostic threshold.

Conclusions:

  • The Diagnostic Interview for Depressive Personality is a reliable method for assessing depressive personality traits.
  • This interview facilitates the diagnosis of depressive personality disorder.