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Personality: dark traits and pathology

Personality Inventory for DSM-5.

PID-5

What it measures
DSM-5 Section III maladaptive trait model: 25 facets -> 5 domains (Negative Affectivity, Detachment, Antagonism, Disinhibition, Psychoticism)
Length and format
220 (full); 100 (SF); 25 (BF). 4-pt Likert (0-3, very false - very true) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
30+ langs: ES, DE, FR, IT, NL, ZH, PT, NO, DA, etc.
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
open with attribution

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Reference
Krueger, R. F., Derringer, J., Markon, K. E., Watson, D., & Skodol, A. E. (2012). Initial construction of a maladaptive personality trait model and inventory for DSM-5. Psychological Medicine, 42(9), 1879-1890.

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