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Reliability and Stability of a Structured Diagnostic Interview in a Group of Incarcerated Criminal Offenders

Psychology Services, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048, U.S.A.

Michael L. Chlumsky

Leslie L. Hemphill

Mental Health Dept., Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, U.S.A.

Fourteen state prison inmates were evaluated using a structured diagnostic interview, the Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview (PDI), by one of two staff psychologists. These subjects were then re-interviewed with the PDI by an outside psychologist from 14 to 29 (M = 16.7) weeks later. A third PDI interview was conducted by the same staff psychologist who administered the first PDL This third interview took place .5 to 1.6 (M = 1.1) weeks after the second interview. Interrater agreement varied little as afunction of time (16.7 vs 1.1 weeks) or rater (staff vs outside psychologist) and was slightly higher for Lifetime diagnosis (K =.58 to .72) than it was for Current diagnosis (K =.46 to.56).

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 32, No. 2, 87-94 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X8803200202


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