Grundlagen und praktische Anwendung des Assessments of Identity Development in Adolescence (AIDA)/ Background and Practical Use of the Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence (AIDA)

Abstract

A paradigm shift towards early detection and intervention of personality disorders in adolescence to prevent persistent and chronic suffering is currently taking place. Aside further distinct areas of impaired psychosocial integrity, disturbed identity development is seen as one core component of personality disorders. Thus, the detection of early antecedents of impaired identity development is an important step to allow for early intervention. The self-report questionnaire Assessment of Identity Development in Adolescence (AIDA) is a reliable and valid diagnostic instrument to detect disturbed identity development. This questionnaire allows for global assessment of identity and a differentiation in fundamental subdomains as well and distinguishes between identity diffusion on one side and consolidated and stable identity on the other. In clinical practice, it supports the differentiation between severely disturbed identity as the core component of personality disorders and identity crisis or stable identity development that can be found in other mental disorders.

Pathological Internet Use—An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients

“…The 58 items of the AIDA are summed up to a total score (extent of identity diffusion), which can also be divided into two subscales, discontinuity and incoherence. The instrument shows good reliability in total score (diffusion: α = .94), scale (discontinuity: α = .86; incoherence: α = .92), and subscale ( α = .73–.86) as well as good validity [ 52 – 54 ].…”

Effects of a Standardized DBT—A Program on Identity Development in Adolescents

“…On a prospective note, especially in the field of adolescents, further studies on novel therapy approaches are needed to offer severely distressed adolescents therapies that validate their needs, especially in adapted methods, such as DBT-A, as a stepped-care treatment approach [ 20 , 46 , 47 ]. This could validate the needs of the adolescents as well as develop and offer customized therapy approaches regarding the necessary complexity and flexibility of the treatment (e.g., change between treatment settings—outpatient, partial inpatient, and online therapy modules).…”

Persönlichkeitsstörungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter

“…Er ist aus den beiden Hauptskalen Diskontinuität und Inkohärenz aufgebaut, die eine Gesamtskala Identitätsdiffusion bilden und besteht aus 58 Items. Dieser Fragebogen differenziert sehr gut Jugendliche, die unter einer PS leiden, von jugendlichen Patienten mit internalisierenden oder externalisierenden Störungen [45,46]. Zur Erfassung pathologischer Persönlichkeitsmerkmale (Kriterium B) liegen zwei Fragebogenverfahren zur Selbstbeantwortung vor, der PID5BF+ (Kurzform des Persönlichkeitsinventars für DSM-5 und ICD-11 [47] und der PiCD (The Personality Inventory for ICD-11 [48]), die sich auf die ICD-11 beziehen, jedoch für das Erwachsenenalter entwickelt wurden.…”