Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition; Personality Inventory for Youth; and Student Behavior Survey. (from the chapter) Over 45 years ago, two University of Minnesota psychology professors (Robert D. Wirt and William E. Broen, Jr.)–influenced by the development of a comprehensive objective measure of adult adjustment, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)–began to develop a similar measure for children and adolescents. The Personality Inventory for Children (PIC; Wirt, Lachar, Klinedinst, & Seat, 1977) represented one of the first multidimensional questionnaires that was designed to be completed by a parent to provide estimates of child adjustment. It took 25 years of effort to finally publish the PIC. Validity scales were also developed to estimate the accuracy of these adjustment estimates (Wirt et al., 1977). Over the last several years, the PIC has evolved into a "family" of similar objective assessment measures completed by parents (the Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition, or PIC-2); by teachers (the Student Behavior Survey, or SBS); and by youth (the Personality Inventory for Youth, or PIY). These measures can be administered jointly or individually to answer specific questions. For example, when diagnostic standards (e.g., the criteria for a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD]) require evidence that disruptive behavior is demonstrated in two or more settings, the PIC-2 and SBS may be applied to survey home and classroom adjustment, respectively, by application of indexes that measure relevant problem behavior dimensions. The PIY may also be applied to assess both a student's adjustment problems and his or her willingness to share such problems with concerned professionals. When applied together, the PIC-2, PIY, and SBS provide clinical information that meets contemporary testing standards for the comprehensive assessment of mental health needs in youth (Lachar, 1998, 2003). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved) https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/bibliography/2000-2009/2005/lachar_personality_2005 https://www.upress.umn.edu/logo.png

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