Neurologically-related Changes in Personality Inventory (NECHAPI): a clinical tool addressed to neurorehabilitation planning and monitoring effects of personality treatment 1

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 $\mathit{\alpha }=0.7$ for the entire inventory. Factor analysis showed five factors accounting for 45.5% of the variance: anger, sensation seeking, emotional vulnerability, sociability, and motivation.