Neurologically-related Changes in Personality Inventory (NECHAPI): a clinical tool addressed to neurorehabilitation planning and monitoring effects of personality treatment¹

Issue title: International Brain Injury Association Conference

Guest editors: Nathan Zasler and Jose Leon-Carrion

Article type: Research Article

Authors: León-Carrión, José^{; *}

Affiliations: Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad de Sevilla, Avd San Francisco Javier s/n, Sevilla 41018, Spain

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Tel.: + 3495 4557688; Fax: + 3495 4570345; E-mail: [email protected].

Note: [1] This is a special edition of NECHAPI for this journal, published with the permission of the Human Neuropsychology Laboratory of the University of Seville.

Abstract: This article introduces version 0.1 of the Neurologically-Related Changes in Personality Inventory (NECHAPI), an instrument designed as a tool to assess personality factors in neurological patients and to register changes observed in patients after a neurological condition has appeared or following treatment of the same. The NECHAPI consists of 40 statements, easily rated by close family and friends of patients with neurological problems. A total of 135 normal subjects and 32 patients with neurological damage were evaluated. Reliability analysis showed an α=0.7 for the entire inventory. Factor analysis showed five factors accounting for 45.5% of the variance: anger, sensation seeking, emotional vulnerability, sociability, and motivation.

Keywords: Neurological disorders, Brain injury, Neuropsychological assessment, Personality inventory, Psychotherapy, Drug therapy

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-1998-11207

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 129-139, 1998