The Developmental Process and the Psychometric Properties of the Dependent Personality Disorder Disposition Inventory for 15-18 Age Group Sample

Abstract

This study, which utilized a psychometric procedures and empirical assessment procedures, aimed to develop a culturally sound, reliable, and valid inventory to assess the Dependent Personality Disorder Disposition levels of puberty age children at the age range of 15-18. 1130 participants, who have accepted to contribute to the study, have established the standardization sample and enrolled as test takers and responded to developed inventory via online MS-Teams platform. Delphi research for content validity check, Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed that significant evidence existed to come up with a culturally non-biased, reliable, and valid inventory with 7 psychometrically positive items. The inventory was developed for diagnosis purposes and detection of dependent personality disorder disposition levels for providing individuals with necessary preventive psychological services. The development process and all the related statistical procedures have been defined and discussed in detail in the full article.