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Personality: dark traits and pathology

Computerized Adaptive Test of Personality Disorder - Static Form.

CAT-PD-SF

What it measures
Dimensional maladaptive personality across 33 traits (incl. Callousness, Manipulativeness, Domineering, Grandiosity, Hostile Aggression, Rudeness) -> 5 higher-order domains aligned with the DSM-5/HiTOP model
Length and format
216 (static form); adaptive CAT-PD administers fewer. 5-pt Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Several: NO (Norwegian), + others.
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Simms, L. J., et al. (2011). Computerized adaptive assessment of personality disorder: Introducing the CAT-PD project. Journal of Personality Assessment, 93(4), 380-389.

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