Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A)
This work describes the distribution of psychopathological indicators and their clinical levels in Uruguayan high school adolescents by gender, age, and socioeconomic level of the participants. The proportion of cases with indicators at comorbid clinical levels is also estimated. We evaluated 540 ad...
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| description | This work describes the distribution of psychopathological indicators and their clinical levels in Uruguayan high school adolescents by gender, age, and socioeconomic level of the participants. The proportion of cases with indicators at comorbid clinical levels is also estimated. We evaluated 540 adolescent students of both genders (55.5% female), aged 12 to 18 years (M=15.40; SD=1.92) of five departments of Uruguay, using the Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A; Morey, 2007). In many of the PAI-A scales, significant differences were recorded in the mean scores by gender, age, and socioeconomic status. A third of the adolescents presented significant levels on one or more clinical scales, the most frequent being depression, anxiety and somatizations, and the least prevalent, antagonistic traits. The adolescents with higher scores on the PAI-A scales were female, younger and with a lower socioeconomic level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f43f868dc1a64e23ad400c259f5749012022-12-22T03:46:53ZengUniversity of MessinaMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology2282-16192021-12-019310.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-30842635Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A)Ana Inés Machado0Karin Arbach1Antonella Bobbio2Alfredo Parra3Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic UniversityNational University of Córdoba, National Council for Scientific and Technological ResearchInstitute for Psychological Research, National University of Córdoba, National Council for Scientific and Technological Research, ArgentinaInstitute of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of the RepublicThis work describes the distribution of psychopathological indicators and their clinical levels in Uruguayan high school adolescents by gender, age, and socioeconomic level of the participants. The proportion of cases with indicators at comorbid clinical levels is also estimated. We evaluated 540 adolescent students of both genders (55.5% female), aged 12 to 18 years (M=15.40; SD=1.92) of five departments of Uruguay, using the Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A; Morey, 2007). In many of the PAI-A scales, significant differences were recorded in the mean scores by gender, age, and socioeconomic status. A third of the adolescents presented significant levels on one or more clinical scales, the most frequent being depression, anxiety and somatizations, and the least prevalent, antagonistic traits. The adolescents with higher scores on the PAI-A scales were female, younger and with a lower socioeconomic level.https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/3084adolescentspsychopathologypersonalityprevention/ intervention. |
| spellingShingle | Ana Inés Machado Karin Arbach Antonella Bobbio Alfredo Parra Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A) Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology adolescents psychopathology personality prevention/ intervention. |
| title | Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A) |
| title_full | Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A) |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A) |
| title_short | Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Psychopathological Symptoms in Uruguayan Adolescents, Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI-A) |
| title_sort | prevalence of and risk factors associated with psychopathological symptoms in uruguayan adolescents using the personality assessment inventory pai a |
| topic | adolescents psychopathology personality prevention/ intervention. |
| url | https://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/3084 |
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