Assessing psychosocial maturity to diagnose severe personality development disorders in young adult males adjudicated of serious criminal offences: a psychometric validation study of a new instrument
Our findings support the YAPD developmental tasks failure dimension and to a lesser degree the YAPD environmental dimension as valid dimensions to diagnose severe personality development disorder. Structured assessment instruments such as the YAPD may further improve diagnostic decision-making in forensic psychiatry and psychology.
Authors
- Andreas Wepfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1964-7986)
- Thierry Urwyler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9690-9407)
- Francesco Castelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-7804)
- Jana Dreyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5224-374X)
- Marcel Aebi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7901-9801)
- Carmelo Campanello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3305-1319)
- Évi Forgó Baer
- Karoline Niedenzu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2403-4899)
- Christoph Siedler
Institutions
- University of Konstanz (DE)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Department of Justice (IE)
- Department of Health Canton of Zurich (CH)
- Department of Correctional Services (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3793
- Primary Topic
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften