Correspondence Among Observer Ratings of Rorschach, Big Five Model, and DSM-IV Personality Disorder Constructs

• Published in: Journal of personality assessment 2003-08, Vol.81 (1), p.20-39
• Main Authors: Mihura, Joni L., Meyer, Gregory J., Bel-Bahar, Tarik, Gunderson, Jennifer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Assessment; Biological and medical sciences; Construct validity; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Factor analysis; Female; Five factor model; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Models, Psychological; Observer Variation; Personality disorders; Personality Disorders - classification; Personality tests; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Rorschach Test; Techniques and methods; United States
• ISSN: 0022-3891; 1532-7752
• DOI: 10.1207/S15327752JPA8101_03

Observer ratings were collected using instruments designed to measure the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) personality disorders (Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+ [PDQ-4+]; Hyler, 1994), the Big Five model (B5M; Goldberg's [1999] International Personality Item Pool), and Rorschach-derived constructs. For the latter, we revised the Rorschach Rating Scale (Meyer, Bates, & Gacono, 1999) to lower its reading level and renamed it the Rorschach Construct Scale (RCS) to emphasize its reliance on rated constructs. The RCS consists of 6 factors. Joint factor analysis of RCS, PDQ-4+, and B5M items also resulted in 6 factors: Self-Centeredly Exploitative, Poor Ego Resiliency, Extraversion, Task Conscientiousness, Openness to Ideas, and Emotional and Expressive Constriction. The first 2 factors received high loadings from RCS, PDQ-4+, and B5M variables. The sixth factor received high loadings from just RCS variables.