The Spanish version of the Wisconsin Personality Disorders Inventory-IV (WISPI-IV): tests of validity and reliability.

Personality disorders (PD) are a prevalent class of mental disorders that interfere with functioning and cause subjective distress while increasing the intensity and duration of Axis I clinical syndromes, and therefore assessing PD is important even when PDs are not the focus of treatment. The purpose of these studies was to develop and test a new Spanish version of a self-report measure of PD, the Wisconsin Personality Inventory-IV (WISPI-IV) that would be psychometrically equivalent to the English version while also maintaining the same interpersonal content, which is based on Benjamin's analysis of the PD criteria using her Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) model (1974). Study 1 participants completed the WISPI-IV twice over a two-week interval. For Study 2, participants from two sites in Spain and one site in Argentina completed Spanish versions of the WISPI-IV and other personality measures. SASB-analysis of the translated items showed high correspondence between the interpersonal content of the English version and the Spanish version demonstrating theoretical validation in relation to other PD measures. The Spanish WISPI-IV showed satisfactory reliability based on test-retest correlations and alphas for internal consistency. Study 2 showed the Spanish WISPI-IV had good convergent validity with the Spanish versions of the IIP and SCID-II and performed similarly to the English versions of these measures. Our goal in translating the WISPI-IV was to extend this measure to Spanish-speakers in language that would be understood by different Hispanic sub-groups, however research team members and subjects had a variety of suggestions for changes in item wording. This reflects the difficulty with creating a "neutral" Spanish version of any assessment given regional differences.

Descripción de observables clínicos y de cambios en el proceso de admisión y de su impacto en el inicio del tratamiento psicoterapéutico / Description of observable clinical and of changes in the process of admission and of their impact in the beginning of the therapeutic treatment

Este estudio está enfocado en el proceso de admisión de 30 consultantes. El proceso de admisión y los observables clínicos son considerados como condiciones asistenciales (Menéndez, 1992). La admisión debe ser eficiente para la identificación del mejor abordaje terapéutico y la mejor distribución de recursos disponibles (Corbella S. & Botella L. 2003). La primera entrevista, y las entrevistas diagnósticas han sido estudiadas con el fin de corroborar su utilidad para procurar adhesión al tratamiento, especialmente en procesos terapéuticos con pacientes severos (Acosta, 2003; Yeomans, 2007; Rodríguez et. al 2001) y para corroborar la permanencia a lo largo del tratamiento de las hipótesis y propuestas terapéuticas (Menéndez, Mayorga y Bodon; 2005). Se estudia el impacto de diversas variables en los momentos iniciales del tratamiento por medio de protocolos que acompañan esta presentación. Las variables establecidas son: los datos obtenidos durante el proceso de admisión, los datos clínicos del paciente y la alianza de trabajo establecida con el admisor.

This study is focused on the admission process of 30 consultants. The admission process itself and the clinical observables are considered as assistential conditions (Menéndez, 1992). The admission must be efficient for the identification of better therapeutic approach and to the better distribution of available resources (Corbella S. & Botella L. 2003). The first interview, initial interviews and diagnostic interviews have been studied in order to corroborate their utility to improve of treatment adherence, especially in therapeutic process of severe patients (Acosta, 2003; Yeomans, 2007; Rodríguez et. al 2001) and, to corroborate the permanency along treatment of initial therapeutic hypotheses or proposals (Menéndez, Mayorga y Bodon; 2005). We study the impact of several relevant variables on treatment initial moments by means of protocols that accompany this presentation. The defined variables are: admission data of the process itself, clinical data of patient and working alliance established with admisor.