Toward A New Understanding of Personality Organization: The Psychodiagnostic Chart as a Concept and Screening Tool in Mental Health (Published)
This study introduces the Psychodiagnostic Chart (PDC) and its later version, the PDC-2, into scientific evidence.The purpose of this work is to describe the utility of a new clinical tool for current and future mental health screening and treatment.The method of the present work is a descriptive qualitative based on previous research and preliminary data of the current study. The current study sample consists of a survey of mental health and psychosocial care providers in Italy (N=1000) regarding their attitudes toward the PDC-2. Regression analyses of the first and second examinations replicated by Ibrahimi et al. (2022-2023) found that affect regulation (or level of defensive functioning) (β = 0.35, t (93) = 6.01, p < 0.001), reality testing (β = 0.32, t (93) (pβ t = 5.02), relationship = 5.02 93) = 3.76, p < 0.001), and identity (β = 0.19, t (93) 3) = 2.69, p < .001). The overall model produced an R2 = .89, indicating that these four components accounted for 89% of the variance in the overall personality organization. Indices of the current research revealed that all predictor variables, including Affect regulation, Reality Testing, Object Relations, and Identity, were shown to have statistical significance for respondents (R2 = .898). RCI and MANOVA test values showed a statistically significant difference in mental health practitioners and synchronous positive attitude engagement compared to the psychosocial assistants for the development of positive attitudes toward the utility of PDC-2 as a screening tool RCI = 7.657; MANOVA, α =, 043; η2 p =, 453; RCI: 0, 19; MANOVA, α =, 075; η2 p =, 901. Other assets assessed for clinical and statistical significance relate to the sample evaluation of the utility of PDC-2 for addressing Personality Organization (PO) compared to other tools,such as MMPI-2RF. Indices show that in the overall PDC-2 for PO is (Z = 9,0987; Sig. = .720) (M = .53; SD = .50) compared to the MMPI-2 R.F. (Z = 2.801; Sig. = .601) (M = 2.16; SD = .560).The authors recommend that using PDC-2 as a standard tool for screening parameters of personality organization is an extraordinary resource for clinical and mental health screening and prevention.
Keywords: Prevention, Screening, evolution, personality organization, psychodiagnostics chart