Krystle A P Penders, Gina Rossi, Inge Debast, Daniel L Segal, Inge G P Peeters, Job F M Metsemakers, Sebastiaan P J van Alphen
Previous research on self-informant reports in assessing personality disorders (PDs) has been mainly focused on adults, leaving older adults under-studied. We examined self-informant agreement in PD screening among older adults (≥60 years) using the Gerontological Personality disorders Scale (GPS). Potential differences such as who reports more personality pathology on a PD screener (i.e., GPS), item accessibility and the effect of relational aspects were studied as well. Data of 326 older adult-informant dyads, of which the older adults were sampled from five general practices in the Netherlands, were used...
October 2, 2023: Personality and Mental Health