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Personality: dark traits and pathology

Standardized Assessment of Severity of Personality Disorder.

SASPD

What it measures
ICD-11 personality-disorder severity - level of disability across four interpersonal and five intrapersonal/behavioural areas of functioning
Length and format
9 items. 4-pt unipolar rating (0-3) with unique descriptors per option (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
German and Danish validated translations confirmed; further adaptations approx 5-10 langs, unverified
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
Olajide K, Munjiza J, Moran P, et al. Development and psychometric properties of the Standardized Assessment of Severity of Personality Disorder (SASPD). J Pers Disord. 2018;32(1):44-56.

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