Assessment of Adolescent Personality Disorders Through the Interview of Personality Organization Processes in Adolescence (IPOP-A): Clinical and Theoretical Implications

Title: Assessment of Adolescent Personality Disorders Through the Interview of Personality Organization Processes in Adolescence (IPOP-A): Clinical and Theoretical Implications

Volume: 2 Issue: 1

Author(s): Massimo Ammaniti, Andrea Fontana, Audrey Clarkin, John F. Clarkin, Giampaolo Nicolais and Otto F. Kernberg

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Keywords: Adolescent personality disorders, assessment, borderline personality organization, IPOP-A, personality development, semi-structured interview

Abstract: In the field of developmental research, there is a pressing need to develop clinically sounded and empirically grounded tools for the assessment of personality development in adolescence. After a review of the relevant literature on adolescent personality disorders we present through empirical data and clinical material the IPOP-A, a semi-structured interview for adolescents ranging from 13 years old to 21 years old. The IPOP-A seems to be promising to gather information about processes that constitute the building blocks of adolescent personality organization.

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Ammaniti Massimo, Fontana Andrea, Clarkin Audrey, F. Clarkin John, Nicolais Giampaolo and F. Kernberg Otto, Assessment of Adolescent Personality Disorders Through the Interview of Personality Organization Processes in Adolescence (IPOP-A): Clinical and Theoretical Implications, Adolescent Psychiatry 2012; 2 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2210676611202010036