Personality Disorders in Childhood: Validity of the Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory for Children (CPNI).


Journal

International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 03 2022
Historique:
received: 26 01 2022
revised: 24 03 2022
accepted: 26 03 2022
entrez: 12 4 2022
pubmed: 13 4 2022
medline: 14 4 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A growing body of evidence has shown that maladaptive traits and emerging patterns of personality can be traced to an early stage of development and may be assessed in childhood. The goal of present study was to provide preliminary data on the validity of the Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory for Children (CPNI), an instrument designed to assess personality pathologies and other clinical conditions in childhood. A sample of 146 clinicians completed the CPNI, as well as the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) to evaluate the behavioral problems and social competencies, regarding a child (aged 6-11 years) who had been in their care between 2 and 12 months. The clinicians also filled out a clinical questionnaire to provide information on the children, their families, and psychotherapies. There were significant and clinically consistent associations between the CPNI and CBCL. They confirmed the good concurrent (convergent and discriminant) validity of the CPNI. The findings seem to support the validity of the CPNI as diagnostic instrument, taking children's PDs and behavioral problems into account. Despite some limitations, the CPNI represents a helpful measure to evaluate the children's personality configurations according to the DSM model. It may be employed along with other tools based on other diagnostic frameworks within the context of a multi-method and multi-informant assessment to provide an accurate and comprehensive formulation of children's overall functioning.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
A growing body of evidence has shown that maladaptive traits and emerging patterns of personality can be traced to an early stage of development and may be assessed in childhood. The goal of present study was to provide preliminary data on the validity of the Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory for Children (CPNI), an instrument designed to assess personality pathologies and other clinical conditions in childhood.
METHOD
A sample of 146 clinicians completed the CPNI, as well as the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) to evaluate the behavioral problems and social competencies, regarding a child (aged 6-11 years) who had been in their care between 2 and 12 months. The clinicians also filled out a clinical questionnaire to provide information on the children, their families, and psychotherapies.
RESULTS
There were significant and clinically consistent associations between the CPNI and CBCL. They confirmed the good concurrent (convergent and discriminant) validity of the CPNI.
CONCLUSIONS
The findings seem to support the validity of the CPNI as diagnostic instrument, taking children's PDs and behavioral problems into account. Despite some limitations, the CPNI represents a helpful measure to evaluate the children's personality configurations according to the DSM model. It may be employed along with other tools based on other diagnostic frameworks within the context of a multi-method and multi-informant assessment to provide an accurate and comprehensive formulation of children's overall functioning.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35409734
pii: ijerph19074050
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074050
pmc: PMC8998288
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Alexandro Fortunato (A)

Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Annalisa Tanzilli (A)

Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Vittorio Lingiardi (V)

Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.

Anna Maria Speranza (AM)

Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy.

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