Convergence of Self-Reports and Informant Reports on the Personality Assessment Screener. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The present study is the first to investigate the Personality Assessment Screener, a brief self-report measure of risk for emotional and behavioral dysfunction, in relation to the informant report version of this instrument, the Personality Assessment Screener-Other. Among a sample of undergraduate roommate dyads ( N = 174), self-report and informant report total scores on the Personality Assessment Screener/Personality Assessment Screener-Other moderately converged ( r = 0.45), with generally greater agreement between perspectives observed for externalizing behaviors compared with internalizing distress. In addition, selves tended to report more psychological difficulties relative to informant ratings ( d = 0.45) with an average absolute discrepancy between sources of 6.31 ( SD = 4.96) out of a possible range of 66. Discrepancies between self-report and informant report were significantly associated with characteristics of the dyadic relationship (e.g., length of acquaintanceship) as well as the severity of self-reported psychological difficulties and positive impression management.

published proceedings

  • Assessment

author list (cited authors)

  • Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., & Morey, L. C.

citation count

  • 9

complete list of authors

  • Kelley, Shannon E||Edens, John F||Morey, Leslie C

publication date

  • December 2017