Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale.

5DC / 5DCR

What it measures

curiosity bandwidth; joyous exploration; deprivation sensitivity; stress tolerance; social curiosity; thrill seeking

Length and format

25 items. 7-point Likert (does not describe me at all to completely describes me); 5 subscales x 5 items (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Validated in German (5DCR), Chinese, Spanish, Italian and other languages

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

Kashdan, T. B., Stiksma, M. C., Disabato, D. J., McKnight, P. E., Bekier, J., Kaji, J., & Lazarus, R. (2018). The Five-Dimensional Curiosity Scale: Capturing the bandwidth of curiosity. Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 130-149.