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- Dåderman, Anna M., et al.
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Using the Karolinska Scales of Personality on male juvenile delinquents: relationships between scales and factor structure.
- 2005
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Ingår i: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0803-9488 .- 1502-4725. ; 59:6, s. 448-456
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the present study was to investigate relationships between scales from the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP) and the factor structure of the KSP in a sample of male juvenile delinquents. The KSP was administered to a group of male juvenile delinquents (n = 55, mean age 17 years; standard deviation = 1.2) from four Swedish national correctional institutions for serious offenders. As expected, the KSP showed appropriate correlations between the scales. Factor analysis (maximum likelihood) arrived at a four-factor solution in this sample, which is in line with previous research performed in a non-clinical sample of Swedish males. More research is needed in a somewhat larger sample of juvenile delinquents in order to confirm the present results regarding the factor solution.
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- Dåderman, Anna Maria, 1953-, et al.
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Using the Karolinska Scales of Personality on male juveniles in correctional institutions : some psychometric issues
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overriding aim of the present study was to psychometrically evaluate the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP) in a delinquent sample. The KSP was administered to a group of male juvenile delinquents (N = 47, mean age 17 years; SD = 1.2) from four representative Swedish national correctional institutions for serious offenders with conduct disorder, and evaluated by means of statistical methods. As expected, reliability in terms of internal consistency, measured by Cronbach's alpha, for some basic scales (Socialization, Muscular Tension, Somatic Anxiety, and Impulsiveness) was high (> .70). However, according to previous research, all aggressiveness and hostility-related scales, with the exception of Verbal aggression scale, showed low reliability. Reliability in terms of homogeneity, measured by mean interitem correlations, was acceptable (> .20) for 6 out of 15 scales. Factor analysis (maximum likelihood) arrived in this sample at a four-factor solution. Issues regardingthe interpretation of reliability, in terms of Cronbach's alpha or scale homogeneity, are highlighted. The concepts of reliability of personality measures in deviant groups are discussed and also possible guidelines for the construction of personality inventories in groups of this kind. The results are briefly discussed from a cultural perspective.
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- Wiklund, Nils, et al.
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Rorschach används fortfarande projektivt inom svensk rättspsykiatri [Rorchach test is still used projectively within Swedish forensic psychiatry]
- 2002
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Ingår i: Läkartidningen. - 0023-7205 .- 1652-7518. ; 99:12, s. 1369-1372
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- The continued use of the Rorschach method as a projective test makes Swedish forensic psychiatry more and more unique. Supporters of the Rorschach method claim that it nowadays has good reliability, since it is no longer used as a projective test. According to the RCS, Rorschach Comprehensive System (or the Exner system), it is used as a psychometric test with validation data for specific variables. With this system it is no longer based on psychodynamic theory, but is considered as an empirical non-theoretical perceptual test. The problems, however, remain within Swedish forensic psychiatry, where the method is still used as a projective test.
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