The Utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory in the Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans

Assessment ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1074-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W. Bellet ◽  
Meghan E. McDevitt-Murphy ◽  
Danielle H. Thomas ◽  
Matthew T. Luciano
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Personality Assessment Inventory ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Logit Function ◽  
Clinically Significant

We examined the use of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in a small sample of 47 U.S. military veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately half of the sample met criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale. PAI profiles were compared between the PTSD and non-PTSD groups. The PTSD group had clinically significant scores (≥ 70 T) on the PAI for 5 clinical scales (anxiety, anxiety-related disorders, depression, paranoia, and schizophrenia) and 10 clinical subscales consistent with the typical symptom picture for PTSD. Effect size correlations ( r) between scales and diagnosis group membership were large ( r ≥ .5) for several scales that reflect PTSD symptoms and for the PTSD LOGIT function. In a receiver operating characteristics curve analysis, the PTSD LOGIT function and the Traumatic Stress Subscale both demonstrated good diagnostic utility (areas under the curve > .80).

Feigning Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on the Personality Assessment Inventory

2000 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick S. Calhoun ◽  
Kelly S. Earnst ◽  
Dorothy D. Tucker ◽  
Angela C. Kirby ◽  
Jean C. Beckham
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Personality Assessment Inventory

scholarly journals Personality Assessment Inventory internalizing and externalizing structure in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Associations with aggression

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 582-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth E. Van Voorhees ◽  
Paul A. Dennis ◽  
Eric B. Elbogen ◽  
Carolina P. Clancy ◽  
Michael A. Hertzberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Personality Assessment Inventory ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

scholarly journals Impaired Autobiographical Memory Flexibility in Iranian Trauma Survivors With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Piltan ◽  
Ali Reza Moradi ◽  
Mohammad Hassan Choobin ◽  
Parviz Azadfallah ◽  
Sara Eskandari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Emotional Disturbance ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Trauma Survivors ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Memory Specificity ◽  
Memory Flexibility

Reduced ability to retrieve specific autobiographical memories is a well-defined feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and science-driven interventions have emerged to improve memory specificity and thereby symptoms. However, research in depressed samples indicates that the ability to flexibly move between retrieval of specific and general memory types (i.e., memory flexibility) may more accurately conceptualize autobiographical memory deficits in emotional disturbance. In this study, we evaluated memory specificity and memory flexibility in Iranian trauma survivors ( N = 63) with and without PTSD relative to community control participants. Trauma-exposed participants had experienced a serious road-traffic accident. Results indicated that individuals with PTSD experienced reduced memory specificity and memory flexibility relative to trauma-exposed participants and community control participants. A small sample size limits the strength of conclusions, although good statistical power was obtained. Findings suggest that reduced memory flexibility may be a transdiagnostic marker of emotional disturbance and support further development of memory flexibility interventions for PTSD.

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