With the introduction of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders in the DSM-5, the need for short measures of the level of personality functioning has emerged, both for screening purposes and for assessing change during treatment. The Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF 2.0) was constructed for this and has received support for its two-factor structure and criterion validity. The authors aimed to provide additional construct validity evidence for the LPFS-BF 2.0 by examining its factor structure and measurement invariance across the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish versions and across gender, and its criterion validity. Results showed that the two-factor model had a good fit to the data in the four linguistic versions. Configural and metric invariance were supported across linguistic versions and gender, while scalar invariance was partially supported. Reporting a mental health disorder and having consulted with a mental health professional were associated with higher LPFS-BF 2.0 scores.

This study investigated the relationship between the three DSM-5 categories of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms (irritable mood, defiant behavior, vindictive behavior) and anxiety/depression in girls and boys with conduct problems (CP) while controlling for comorbid child psychopathology at baseline. Data were drawn from an ongoing longitudinal study of 6- to 9-year-old French-Canadian children (N = 276; 40.8 % girls) receiving special educational services for CP at school and followed for 2 years. Using linear regression analysis, the results showed that irritable mood symptoms predicted a higher level of depression and anxiety in girls and boys 2 years later, whereas the behavioral symptoms of ODD (e.g., defiant, vindictive symptoms) were linked to lower depression scores. The contribution of ODD symptoms to these predictions, while statistically significant, remained modest. The usefulness of ODD irritable symptoms as a marker for identifying girls and boys with CP who are more vulnerable to developing internalizing problems is discussed.

Les problèmes de comportement et les problèmes dépressifs surviennent fréquemment en cooccurrence à l’adolescence et entraînent leur lot de conséquences. En se basant sur le modèle de Patterson et Capaldi (1990), la présente étude a pour but de valider le rôle des variables de rejet social (rejet par les pairs, insertion sociale) et des difficultés scolaires, mais aussi des interactions parent-enfant (chaleur, coercition) en tant que médiateurs du lien entre les problèmes de comportement présents à l’enfance et le développement de problèmes dépressifs à l’aube de l’adolescence, et de vérifier si ces liens diffèrent selon le sexe. Au final, l’échantillon est composé de 675 enfants, dont 319 filles, âgés entre 6 et 9 ans initialement et recrutés parce qu’ils présentaient des problèmes de comportement ou différents facteurs de risque des problèmes de comportement. Les résultats montrent que, chez les garçons, c’est particulièrement la qualité de leur insertion sociale qui permet d’expliquer le lien entre la présence de problèmes de comportement et le développement de problèmes dépressifs ultérieurs. Chez les filles, c’est plutôt la qualité des interactions chaleureuse du parent envers elle. Sur le plan des retombées pratiques, les résultats pointent le rôle des relations parentales et de l’insertion sociale dont l’importance varie selon le sexe dans la relation entre les problèmes de comportement et la dépression. Certaines recommandations concernant les pratiques probantes en matière d’intervention auprès des enfants présentant des problèmes de comportement sont formulées.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-fifth Edition's (DSM-5) Level of Personality Functioning Scale (LPFS) was introduced as a dimensional rating of impairments in self-and interpersonal functioning, and the LPFS-Brief Form (LPFS-BF) was the first published corresponding self-report. The updated LPFS-BF 2.0 has been translated into several languages and international research supports many of the instrument's psychometric properties; however, its measurement invariance has only been evaluated across a few countries. This study expands previous studies as an introductory step in a global evaluation of the LPFS-BF 2.0s measurement invariance. Archival data (N = 5,618, 57% female) from seven countries (

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