A cluster analysis of basic personality inventory (BPI) adolescent profiles

Abstract

Basic Personality Inventory profiles of 95 male and 118 female adolescent admissions to a crisis intervention unit were subjected to a cluster analytic procedure. For both males and females, four subgroups were identified: Mental Health Maladjustment, Interpersonal Maladjustment, High-risk Rebellion, and Adjustment. Subgroups differed significantly on alternative markers of psychopathology (SCL-90-R and Diagnoses). Subgroups identified were consistent with groupings identified previously. The subgroups also corresponded with broad-band syndromes that are conventional within the literature on adolescent psychopathology. Subgroup characteristics and implications for adolescent assessment are discussed.

Evaluating the Appropriateness of College-Age Norms for Use With Adolescents on the NEO Personality Inventory—Revised

“…Because the NEO PI-R is an instrument concerned with nonpsychiatric personality characteristics, another issue in adolescent research focuses on establishing a baseline of normality. An extensive amount of research has been conducted on the clinical, delinquent, or otherwise maladjusted adolescent populations (Bonynge, 1994;Brinkman, Overholser, & Klier, 1994;Donat, Hume, & Hiner, 1992;Sheridan & Perkins, 1992;Watson & Pantle, 1993). Normal in any particular study in personality research usually refers to all those individuals presumed not to possess any one or several of carefully selected variables.…”