A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality Scale
Background: The Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS) assesses bipolar spectrum psychopathology and risk for bipolar disorders. Despite the developers' intent to create a scale that provides a unitary score, several studies have examined whether the HPS has a multidimensional structure. These model...
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| author | Talia R. Berson Sarah H. Sperry Molly A. Walsh Thomas R. Kwapil |
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| description | Background: The Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS) assesses bipolar spectrum psychopathology and risk for bipolar disorders. Despite the developers' intent to create a scale that provides a unitary score, several studies have examined whether the HPS has a multidimensional structure. These models have been unable to identify a replicable multidimensional structure, with models varying from fairly similar to entirely dissimilar, and have suffered from theoretical and methodological concerns. Procedures: We therefore examined the multidimensional structure of the HPS in a large undergraduate and adult sample (n = 5002). Main findings: We failed to reproduce factors with equal congruence to those of previously published models. Principle conclusions: We concluded that the HPS lacks factorial validity in previous research as a multidimensional measure of bipolar spectrum psychopathology. We further recommend the creation of a novel multidimensional assessment of bipolar spectrum psychopathology developed from a theoretically driven, comprehensive model, rather than examining a multidimensional model of a pre-existing measure, such as the HPS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41f446b0f3f84c219cef9138b318763d2022-12-22T02:22:58ZengElsevierComprehensive Psychiatry0010-440X2022-05-01115152306A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality ScaleTalia R. Berson0Sarah H. Sperry1Molly A. Walsh2Thomas R. Kwapil3Corresponding author at: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 603 E. Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820, United States of America.; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of AmericaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of AmericaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of AmericaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of AmericaBackground: The Hypomanic Personality Scale (HPS) assesses bipolar spectrum psychopathology and risk for bipolar disorders. Despite the developers' intent to create a scale that provides a unitary score, several studies have examined whether the HPS has a multidimensional structure. These models have been unable to identify a replicable multidimensional structure, with models varying from fairly similar to entirely dissimilar, and have suffered from theoretical and methodological concerns. Procedures: We therefore examined the multidimensional structure of the HPS in a large undergraduate and adult sample (n = 5002). Main findings: We failed to reproduce factors with equal congruence to those of previously published models. Principle conclusions: We concluded that the HPS lacks factorial validity in previous research as a multidimensional measure of bipolar spectrum psychopathology. We further recommend the creation of a novel multidimensional assessment of bipolar spectrum psychopathology developed from a theoretically driven, comprehensive model, rather than examining a multidimensional model of a pre-existing measure, such as the HPS.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000128Bipolar spectrum psychopathologyBipolar disordersPsychometric assessmentMultidimensionalFactor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Talia R. Berson Sarah H. Sperry Molly A. Walsh Thomas R. Kwapil A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality Scale Comprehensive Psychiatry Bipolar spectrum psychopathology Bipolar disorders Psychometric assessment Multidimensional Factor analysis |
| title | A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality Scale |
| title_full | A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality Scale |
| title_fullStr | A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality Scale |
| title_short | A critical examination of multidimensionality within the Hypomanic Personality Scale |
| title_sort | critical examination of multidimensionality within the hypomanic personality scale |
| topic | Bipolar spectrum psychopathology Bipolar disorders Psychometric assessment Multidimensional Factor analysis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000128 |
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