The Personality Organization Diagnostic Form (PODF): A Preliminary Report on Its Validity and Interrater Reliability

This research provides empirical support to the Personality Organization Diagnostic Form (PODF; Diguer & Normandin, 1996), which is a measure that operationalizes Kernberg's (1996) model of personality organizations. The goals of this study were to examine the PODF's interrater reliabi...

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Published inPsychotherapy research Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 243 - 254
Main Authors Hébert, É., Diguer, L., Descôteaux, J., Daoust, J-P., Rousseau, J-P., Normandin, L., Scullion, M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2003
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Summary:This research provides empirical support to the Personality Organization Diagnostic Form (PODF; Diguer & Normandin, 1996), which is a measure that operationalizes Kernberg's (1996) model of personality organizations. The goals of this study were to examine the PODF's interrater reliability and validity. Results confirmed that reliability ranged from good to excellent. Factor analysis showed that items tended to regroup according to the model, which contributes to the validity of the PODF. Internal consistency, reliability, and correlations with psychiatric severity also indicate moderate to good construct validity. Several suggestions are made to improve the measure, such as adding neurotic items and having Likert-scale items.
ISSN:1050-3307
1468-4381
DOI:10.1080/713869643