The Swedish Depressive Personality Disorder Inventory: Psychometrics and clinical correlates from a DSM-IV and proposed DSM-5 perspective.
Background: Depressive personality is commonly seen in clinical practice, and today only one exclusive self-report instrument-the Depressive Personality Disorder Inventory (DPDI)-is available for its assessment based on the DSM-IV description of the construct. Aims: The purpose of this research was to evaluate a Swedish version of this measure (DPDI-Swe) in terms of its reliability, internal struc