PIY

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PIY

• Personality Inventory for Youthby David Lachar,
  Ph.D., and Christian P. Gruber, Ph.D.

The PIY may be purchased from WPS. Please contact
us at 800-648-8857, Fax [phone], or
www.wpspublish.com.
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The answer to the need for a multidimensional,
psychometrically sound self-report instrument
designed specifically for young people.
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What is the PIY?

• Personality Inventory for Youth
• Designed to assess emotional and behavioral
  adjustment, family character and interaction, and
  neurocognitive and attention-related academic
  functioning
• Created for and normed on 9- to 19-year-olds
  (4th- through 12th- graders)
• Completed in 45 minutes by most students reading
  at grade level 3 or higher, with audio cassette
  for poor readers and Spanish Administration
  Booklet
• Validity scales that alert you to problem denial,
  exaggeration, and random or incompetent
  responding
• Subscales to enhance scale interpretation
• A parallel inventory (the PIC-2) and a teacher
  problem checklist (the SBS)
• Both hand- and computer-scoring services are
  available

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PIY Validity Scales
Scale
Definition

• Identifies protocols answered carelessly or with
  inadequate comprehension.
• Points to evidence that an individual has
  attempted to exaggerate or malinger
  symptomatology.
• Demonstrates the tendency to disguise or hide
  psychopathology.
• Provides additional evidence of inattentive,
  oppositional, or provocative responses that may
  assist in clarifying the meaning of other scales.

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Abbreviated Format PIY

• The first 80 items of the PIY can be used as a
  brief classroom screener to quickly identify
  students who would show problems if the full
  inventory were administered.
• This Classroom Screening (CLASS) scale accurately
  predicts the likely presence of clinical findings
  in a full PIY administration.
• CLASS assists in identifying high risk students.

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The PIY is composed of 270 items covering 9
non-overlapping clinical scales and
24 non-overlapping subscales. The 24 subscales
reveal more specific clinical content, making
the PIY an excellent diagnostic tool.
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PIY Scales and Subscales

• Cognitive Impairment
• Poor Achievement and Memory
• Inadequate Abilities
• Learning Problems
• Impulsivity/Distractibility
• Brashness
• Distractibility and Overactivity
• Impulsivity
• Delinquency
• Antisocial Behavior
• Dyscontrol
• Noncompliance

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PIY Scales and Subscales(continued)

• Family Dysfunction
• Parent-Child Conflict
• Parent Maladjustment
• Marital Discord
• Reality Distortion
• Feelings of Alienation
• Hallucinations and Delusions
• Somatic Concern
• Psychosomatic Syndrome
• Muscular Tension and Anxiety
• Preoccupation With Disease

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PIY Scales and Subscales(continued)

• Psychological Discomfort
• Fear and Worry
• Depression
• Sleep Disturbance
• Social Withdrawal
• Social Isolation
• Isolation
• Social Skills Deficits
• Limited Peer Status
• Conflict With Peers

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• The PIY is supported by extensive research and an
  array of interpretive strategies for routine use.
• Selected case studies demonstrate the value of
  the PIY in a wide variety of school, psychiatric,
  and neuropsychological applications.
• The PIY gives a reliable and valid measure of
  child and adolescent psychopathology, based on
  the respondents own perceptions.

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PIY Standardization Base

• Sample of 2,327 regular education students
• Students ranged from 9 to 18 years of age, in
  grades 4 through 12
• Nationally extensive and representative coverage
  for gender, ethnicity, and parent educational
  level (SES) across various age groups

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PIY Clinical Research Base

• Sample of 1,178 clinically referred participants
• Collection through various in- and outpatient
  clinic and special education settings

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Sample WPS TEST REPORT