Location: D16
AUTHORS: Horowitz, L. et al. (1988)
SOURCE:
Horowitz, L., Rosenberg, S. E., Baer, B. A., Ureno, G. Villasenor,
V. S. (1988). Inventory of Interpersonal Problems:
Psychometric Properties and Clinical Applications.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56(6), 885-892.
VARIABLES: Levels of interpersonal distress
PURPOSES: To help patients and therapists identify interpersonal sources of distress
DESCRIPTION/DEVELOPMENT:
The Inventory of Interpersonal Problem is designed to measure interpersonal
distress experienced by psychiatric patients and evaluate the change over
the course of treatment. The IIP represents a comprehensive list
of the interpersonal problems report at intake by clients seeking out-patient
psychotherapy.
This 127-item measure has six subscales, they are: hard to be assertive,
hard to be sociable, hard to be intimate, hard to be submissive, too responsible,
and too controlling.
SUBJECTS: This inventory is tested among the patient at psychiatry department.
ADMINISTRATION: Not available
SCORING:
The IIP uses a five-point scale from 0 (not distressed at all by this
problem) to 4 (extremely distressed by this problem) on each of 127 item.
The levels of distress of a patients is obtained by summing the score of
each item.
RELIABILITY:
1. Internal consistence: a=.82 to .94 (each subscale)
2. Test-retest correlation: r=.98 (complete scale), and r=.81 to .80
(each subscale)
VALIDITY:
Criterion validity:
1). SCL-90: r=.64 (time I) to r=.57 (time II).
2). Global Outcome Rating: Rmean=.62
Sensitivity to Change:
A empirical study showed that the IIP is more sensitive than SCL-90
in detecting the changes over the course of treatment.
COMMENTS: This inventory is not in file.
References:
Horowitz, L., Rosenberg, S. E., Baer, B. A., Ureno, G. Villasenor,
V. S. (1988). Inventory of Interpersonal Problems:
Psychometric Properties and Clinical Applications.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56(6), 885-892.
Barkham, M., Hardy, G. E., & Startup, M. (1994). The structure,
validity and clinical relevance of the Inventory of
Interpersonal Problems. British Journal of Medical
Psychology, 67, 171-185.