Neurotic Personality Questionnaire KON-2006 explained

The Neurotic Personality Questionnaire KON-2006 is a psychometric tool used for diagnosing personality dysfunctions that contribute to the development of neurotic disorders. The use of the questionnaire may facilitate the diagnosis of neurotic disorder, as well as make it easier to differentiate between neurotic and pseudoneurotic syndromes, e.g. reaction to stress. Moreover, the questionnaire enables evaluation of changes occurring in the course of treatment.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

The questionnaire has been created by Jerzy W. Aleksandrowicz, Katarzyna Klasa, Jerzy A. Sobański and Dorota Stolarska in the Department of Psychotherapy of the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, Poland.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The content of the questionnaire

The questionnaire consists of 243 items that require positive or negative answer. They determine the values of 24 scales that describe areas related to the development of neurotic disorders, as well as the value of X-KON index that describes the global intensity of neurotic personality. Currently, only the Polish and Ukrainian versions of KON-2006 are available, however a number of studies based on the tool has been published in English.^{[1] [2] [3] [11]}

Scales

The following working (approximate) names were given to KON-2006 scales:^{[1] [2] [3]}

1. Feeling of being dependent on the environment
   1. Asthenia Negative self-esteem
2. Impulsiveness
3. Difficulties with decision making
4. Sense of alienation
5. Demobilization
6. Tendency to take risks
7. Difficulties in emotional relations
8. Lack of vitality
9. Conviction of own resourcelessness in life
10. Sense of lack of control
11. Deficit in internal locus of control
12. Imagination, indulging in fiction
13. Sense of guilt
14. Difficulties in interpersonal relations
15. Envy
16. Narcissistic attitude
17. Sense of being in danger
18. Exaltation
19. Irrationality
20. Meticulousness
21. Ponderings
22. Sense of being overloaded

Methodology of the questionnaire creation

Search for and selection of items that were used for the creation of the KON-2006 questionnaire were based on empirical methods. Analysis of usefulness of 779 items was conducted (including items drawn from scales belonging to various personality and temperament inventories e.g. 16PF, MMPI, PTS, TTS, IPIP, TCI). Clarity, explicitness and comprehensiveness of each item was evaluated and appropriate improvements were implemented. Next, a comparison of answers was made between healthy individuals and the patients that were beginning treatment due to neurotic disorders. This allowed to select 243 items most useful in differentiation of the patients with neurotic disorders from the healthy individuals. These items were used for the creation of Neurotic Personality Questionnaire. The construction of 24 scales was based on cluster analysis conducted on the population of patients at the beginning of treatment and control groups.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Neuroticism
• Personality
• Symptom Checklist "O"

Notes and References

1. Aleksandrowicz JW, Klasa K, Sobański JA. Stolarska D. Kwestionariusz osobowości nerwicowej KON-2006. Polskie Towarzystwo Psychiatryczne, Kraków, 2006.
2. http://www.psychiatriapolska.pl/uploads/images/PP_6_2007/Aleksandrowicz%20s759_Psychiatria%20Polska%206_2007.pdf Aleksandrowicz JW, Klasa K, Sobański JA, Stolarska D. Kwestionariusz osobowości nerwicowej. KON-2006. Psychiatria Polska. 2007; 41(6): 759-78
3. http://www.archivespp.pl/uploads/images/2009_11_1/21_p_Archives_1_09.pdf Aleksandrowicz JW, Klasa K, Sobański JA, Stolarska D. KON-2006 Neurotic Personality Questionnaire. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 2009; 1 : 21–2
4. http://www.psychiatriapolska.pl/uploads/onlinefirst/ENGverSobanski_PsychiatrPolOnlineFirstNr5.pdf Sobański JA, Cyranka K, Rodziński P, Klasa K, Rutkowski K et al. Czy cechy osobowości i nasilenie objawów nerwicowych wiążą się ze sprawozdawaniem myśli samobójczych u pacjentów dziennego oddziału leczenia zaburzeń nerwicowych? Psychiatr. Pol. 2014 epub ahead of print (31.12.2014) doi: 10.12740/psychiatriapolska.pl/online-first/5
5. http://www.archivespp.pl/uploads/images/2009_11_1/11_p_Archives_1_09.pdf Białas A. Psychotherapy effectiveness and the possibility of personality traits changes depending on the patients’ age. Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 2009; 1 : 11–19
6. Białas A. Wiek pacjentów a skuteczność psychoterapii i możliwość zmiany cech osobowości. Psychoterapia, 2008; 144(1): 27–42
7. http://www.psychiatriapolska.pl/uploads/onlinefirst/Sobanski_PsychiatrPolOnlineFirstNr6.pdf Sobański JA, Klasa K, Cyranka K, Mielimąka M, Dembińska E i wsp. Skuteczność intensywnej psychoterapii w oddziale dziennym oceniana za pomocą Kwestionariusza Osobowości Nerwicowej KON-2006. Psychiatr. Pol, Psychiatria Polska 2014; epub ahead of print (31.12.2014) doi: 10.12740/psychiatriapolska.pl/online-first/6
8. http://www.archivespp.pl/uploads/images/2010_12_3/Jeskowa57__APP3_2010.pdf Ježková V, Matulová P. Pilot study of KON-2006 in the Czech Republic. Arch. Psychiatr. Psychother. 2010; 12(3): 57–61
9. http://www.archivespp.pl/uploads/images/2011_13_3/21Styla__APP3_2011.pdf Styła R. Concept of reliable change in the usage of the KON-2006 Neurotic Personality Questionnaire. Arch. Psychiatry Psychother. 2011; 13(3): 21–24
10. http://strona.ppol.nazwa.pl/uploads/images/PP_1_2014/157Sty%C5%82a_PsychiatrPol_1_2014.pdf Styła R. Różnice w zakresie skuteczności intensywnych programów leczenia zaburzeń osobowości i nerwic. Czy warto monitorować efektywność zespołu terapeutycznego? Psychiatr. Pol. 2014; 48(1): 157–171
11. Орлов. О. Лобанов. І. 2016. Психологічна діагностика невротизації особистості (український переклад та апробація опитувальника невротичних особистісних рис KON-2006). Вісник ХДУ Серія Психологічні науки. 1. 2. July 7, 2016.