Abstract

The Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A; Morey et al., 2007) is a self-report measure of personality and psychopathology appropriate for use with individuals aged 12–18. It is modeled after the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991), a measure widely used with adults in clinical and legal settings. The PAI-A assesses a variety of features that have utility in legal settings, including validity scales that assess approach to testing, clinical scales measuring common types of psychopathology, and treatment consideration scales that provide indicators of treatment motivation and other factors that may be important for predicting outcomes. The PAI-A has been included in a limited number of research studies and few of those have focused on justice-involved youths. Additionally, because juvenile court records are not typically publicly available, there is limited information about the PAI-A available in case law. This manuscript reviews the properties, strengths, and weaknesses of the PAI-A and its existing literature. Factors for mental health and legal professionals to consider in relation to the admissibility of this measure, questioning and cross-examination, and how the PAI-A may be received in court are also discussed.

摘要

青少年人格评估量表 (PAI-A; Morey et al., 2007 ) 是适用于 12-18 岁个体的人格和精神病理学的自我报告测量。它以人格评估量表 (PAI; Morey, 1991)，一种在临床和法律环境中广泛用于成人的措施。PAI-A 评估在法律环境中有用的各种特征，包括评估测试方法的有效性量表、测量常见精神病理学类型的临床量表以及提供治疗动机和其他可能重要因素的指标的治疗考虑量表用于预测结果。PAI-A 已包含在数量有限的研究中，其中很少有关注涉及司法的青年。此外，由于少年法庭记录通常不公开，判例法中关于 PAI-A 的信息有限。这份手稿回顾了 PAI-A 及其现有文献的特性、优势和劣势。