Implicit Theory Of Psychopathology

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Abstract
Inferential relationships of psychopathological traits were mapped by applying multidimensional scaling to judgments of the probability of joint endorsement of pairs of personality items from the Differential Personality Inventory. Three bipolar dimensions of inference, identified as uncontrolled impulse expression vs. inhibition and withdrawal, cognitive dysfunctioning vs. overcontrol and denial, and resignation vs. interpersonal conflict, were obtained. The correspondence between the inferential configuration obtained in the multidimensional scaling and the empirical structure derived from a factor analysis of the inventory's scales, administered with standard self-report instructions to an independent sample, was interpreted as indicating that implicit theory regarding psychopathology possessed some validity.

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