Psychometric Properties of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised

The validity of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised (PDQ-R) was examined. The PDQ-R and the Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale (SD) were administered in the spring of 1989 to 45 undergraduates (26 females and 19 males) at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. One month later, the Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL-90) was administered. Results support the validity of the PDQ-R in that 11 PDQ-R scales predicted subsequent SCL-90 scores. Results also indicate that PDQ-R validity mP7 be problematic: four PDQ-R scales failed to predict subsequent psychopathology scores consistently, and several PDQ-R scales were correlated with either the SD or PDQ-R validity scales. One table displays correlations between the PDQ-R and the SCL-90. (Author/SLD) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. U & DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Reseerch and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 01 Itthis document Ms been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been maga to Improve reproduction manly Points of yew or opinions stated in this docir mint do nol necessarily represent official OER1 position or policy "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TEM) E y 6. TowiosoA) TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" Psychometric Properties of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Revised Jeffrey G. Johnson and Robert F. Bornstein , Gettysburg College