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This study examines the psychometric properties of a short-form (AII-SF-42) of the instrument in a sample of patients with personality disorders (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 87).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Analyses of internal-consistency reliability, along with standardized mean differences-, and associations between short- and long-forms are reported. Internal structure was assessed by confirmatory factor analyses and external criterion validity was addressed by tests of associations between the AII-SF-42-scale scores and measures of alexithymia, symptom distress, interpersonal problems and level of personality dysfunction.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study demonstrated satisfactory reliability and validity for scores derived from the AII-SF-42, including acceptable internal consistency and strong correspondence with long-form scores, a consistent factor structure organized according to discrete affects, and systematic patterns of convergent and discriminant associations with external measures.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Taken together, the results of the study demonstrate that in clinical settings, including patients with personality disorders the AII-SF-42 is a valid and useful alternative to the full-length version of the instrument.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2023.1191752","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,31]],"date-time":"2023-10-31T11:49:42Z","timestamp":1698752982000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Psychometric properties of the affect integration inventory \u2013 short form in a sample of patients with personality disorder"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Christina","family":"Frederiksen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gry","family":"Kjaersdam Tell\u00e9us","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ole Andr\u00e9","family":"Solbakken","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,31]]},"reference":[{"volume-title":"Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders","year":"2013","key":"ref1"},{"year":"2007","author":"Andrea","key":"ref2"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"41","DOI":"10.1002\/pmh.60","article-title":"A cross-national validity study of the severity indices of personality problems (SIPP-118)","volume":"3","author":"Arnevik","year":"2009","journal-title":"Personal. 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