The Utility of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory in an Outpatient, Drug Rehabilitation Context

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) in a mostly African American clinical sample and determined if these qualities provided useful information about their motivational characteristics that were germane to treatment. Eighty-two men and...

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Published in:Psychology of addictive behaviors 1999-09, Vol.13 (3), p.213-226
Main Authors: Piedmont, Ralph L, Ciarrocchi, Joseph W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Client Characteristics
Client Treatment Matching
Drug abusers
Female
Human
Male
Medical sciences
NEO Personality Inventory
NEO Personality Inventory-Revised
Outpatient departments
Outpatient Treatment
Personality tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometric properties
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Rehabilitation
Substance Use Treatment
Techniques and methods
Test Reliability
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Summary:This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) in a mostly African American clinical sample and determined if these qualities provided useful information about their motivational characteristics that were germane to treatment. Eighty-two men and 50 women entered a 6-week outpatient drug rehabilitation program, completed the NEO-PI-R, and received counselor ratings of personality at admission. The 99 who finished the program completed a 2nd NEO-PI-R. Counselors provided ratings of treatment responsiveness. The cross-observer, cross-method, cross-time correlations indicated that the NEO-PI-R can be a useful tool for organizing clinical information about clients.
ISSN:0893-164X
1939-1501
DOI:10.1037/0893-164X.13.3.213