Case history correlates of a Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) profile typology.

Abstract

We sought to enhance the clinical utility of a profile typology constructed in earlier studies and based on the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC), a parent-informant measure of child and adolescent adjustment and ability. We collected data from mental health case records about present-ing problems and problem history, possible etiological factors, family characteristics, and treatment recommendations for children who received each PIC profile type. The results indicated unique patterns of case historical data were associated with different PIC profile types. The relation of these findings to previous validity studies of this typology and the evaluation of referred children are discussed. Diagnostic or classification systems should ideally provide clinicians with four types of information: (a) accurate descrip-tion of current patient status (ie., concurrent validity); (b) pre-diction of long-term course and outcome (predictive validity); (c) identification of possible etiological factors (postdictive valid-ity); and (d) the specification of treatment recommendations. Of the two main classification alternatives for psychological

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