TY - JOUR
T1 - The cross-cultural generalizability of axis-II constructs
T2 - An evaluation of two personality disorder assessment instruments in the People's Republic of China
AU - Yang, J.
AU - McCrae, R. R.
AU - Costa, Jr
AU - Yao, S.
AU - Dai, X.
AU - Cai, T.
AU - Gao, B.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We examined the reliability, cross-instrument validity, and factor stucture of Chinese adaptations of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ-4+; N = 1,926) and Personality Disorders Interview (PDI-IV; N = 525) in psychiatric patients. Comparisons with data from Western countries suggest that the psychometric properties of these two instruments are comparable across cultures. Low to modest agreement between the PDQ-4+ and PDI-IV was observed for both dimensional and categorical personality disorder evaluations. When the PDI-IV was used as the diagnostic standard, the PDQ-4+ showed higher sensitivity than specificity, and higher negative predictive power than positive predictive power. Factor analyses of both instruments replicated the four-factor structure O'Connor and Dyce (1998) found in Western samples. Results suggested that conceptions and measures of DSM-IV personality disorders are cross-culturally generalizable to Chinese psychiatric populations.
AB - We examined the reliability, cross-instrument validity, and factor stucture of Chinese adaptations of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire (PDQ-4+; N = 1,926) and Personality Disorders Interview (PDI-IV; N = 525) in psychiatric patients. Comparisons with data from Western countries suggest that the psychometric properties of these two instruments are comparable across cultures. Low to modest agreement between the PDQ-4+ and PDI-IV was observed for both dimensional and categorical personality disorder evaluations. When the PDI-IV was used as the diagnostic standard, the PDQ-4+ showed higher sensitivity than specificity, and higher negative predictive power than positive predictive power. Factor analyses of both instruments replicated the four-factor structure O'Connor and Dyce (1998) found in Western samples. Results suggested that conceptions and measures of DSM-IV personality disorders are cross-culturally generalizable to Chinese psychiatric populations.
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U2 - 10.1521/pedi.2000.14.3.249
DO - 10.1521/pedi.2000.14.3.249
M3 - Article
C2 - 11019748
AN - SCOPUS:0033806372
SN - 0885-579X
VL - 14
SP - 249
EP - 263
JO - Journal of Personality Disorders
JF - Journal of Personality Disorders
IS - 3
ER -