My PID-5-BF-PCP report
More actions
Each item rated 0–3; per-domain score is the mean of its 5 items (range 0.0 to 3.0). The total is the mean across all 25 items. Cutoff (≥ 2.0) is the APA reporting threshold for elevated trait expression.
The PID-5-BF is not a diagnostic instrument. The brief form was developed as a quick personality-pathology screener, not as a stand-alone diagnostic tool. There is no published sensitivity / specificity data for the brief form against a personality-disorder ground truth. The ≥ 2.0 threshold is the APA reporting threshold for “elevated” expression on a domain; it does not estimate the probability of a personality-disorder diagnosis.
Domain interpretation
Negative Affectivity
High levels and reactivity of negative emotions, especially anxiety, fear, worry, and emotional lability. Maps to the Internalizing spectrum and to high Neuroticism in the Big Five.
Detachment
Avoidance of social and emotional contact and intimacy. Reduced experience of positive emotions. Maps to low Extraversion in the Big Five and to social withdrawal across PD models.
Antagonism
Manipulative, grandiose, callous, and attention-seeking behaviour in interpersonal contexts. Maps to low Agreeableness in the Big Five and to the externalising-narcissistic spectrum.
Disinhibition
Acting on impulse without regard for consequences; difficulty planning, persisting, and tolerating frustration. Maps to low Conscientiousness in the Big Five.
Psychoticism
Unusual perceptions, beliefs, and patterns of thought. May include depersonalisation, derealisation, magical thinking, or perceptual oddities. Maps to schizotypy and the psychotic-spectrum dimension.
Top-scoring items per domain
The owner of this report has not shared the raw item responses publicly. Summary scores, cutoffs, and subscale interpretation are visible above; the per-item breakdown and full response table are hidden.
All 25 responses
The owner of this report has not shared the raw item responses publicly. Summary scores, cutoffs, and subscale interpretation are visible above; the per-item breakdown and full response table are hidden.
The Personality Inventory for DSM-5, Brief Form (PID-5-BF) is a 25-item self-report measure of maladaptive personality traits, developed by Krueger, Derringer, Markon, Watson, and Skodol (2013). It is keyed to the DSM-5 Section III Alternative Model of Personality Disorders and the ICD-11 dimensional trait model.
The brief form measures five trait domains: Negative Affectivity, Detachment, Antagonism, Disinhibition, and Psychoticism. Each domain is measured by five items rated 0–3, yielding a domain mean in the 0–3 range. The five domains roughly correspond to maladaptive variants of the Big Five: Negative Affectivity / high Neuroticism, Detachment / low Extraversion, Antagonism / low Agreeableness, Disinhibition / low Conscientiousness, and Psychoticism (a separate dimension capturing unusual perceptions and beliefs).
The ≥ 2.0 cutoff used on this page is the APA reporting threshold from the brief form's scoring guidance for flagging a domain as worth clinical attention. It is descriptive rather than diagnostic: no published sensitivity / specificity data exists for the brief form against a personality-disorder ground truth. The full PID-5 (220 items) has more validation work; the brief form was designed as a quick screen, not a stand-alone test.
Original development paper: Krueger et al. 2013, Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 4(3), 264-269. The instrument is in the public domain; APA distributes the official scoring sheet at psychiatry.org / Online Assessment Measures.