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Personality: dark traits and pathology

Personality Inventory for DSM-5 - Brief Form.

PID-5-BF

What it measures
DSM-5 maladaptive trait domains only: Negative Affectivity, Detachment, Antagonism, Disinhibition, Psychoticism (5 items each)
Length and format
25 items. 4-pt Likert (0-3) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many (follows PID-5): ES, DE, FR, IT, NL, ZH, etc.
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Krueger, R. F., Derringer, J., Markon, K. E., Watson, D., & Skodol, A. E. (2013). The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 - Brief Form (PID-5-BF). American Psychiatric Association.

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