Personality Inventory for DSM-5
The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) is a psychological assessment tool designed to assess personality traits associated with personality disorders as outlined in the DSM-5. It offers a comprehensive understanding of a person’s psychological functioning, focusing on broad personality traits rather than specific disorders.
Purpose of the PID-5
The PID-5 was developed to assess personality traits in alignment with the five-factor model. It assists clinicians in diagnosing personality disorders, offering a dimensional approach to personality assessment that helps understand the person as a whole.
- Improved Diagnosis: Helps clinicians better understand a person’s psychological functioning, improving diagnostic accuracy for personality-related disorders.
- Holistic Assessment: Assesses not just the presence of a personality disorder, but the underlying traits contributing to those disorders.
PID-5 Format
The inventory consists of 220 true/false statements designed to evaluate an individual’s behavioral patterns, emotional responses, interpersonal relationships, and self-image. These items correspond to five broad personality trait domains, each associated with a number of specific personality traits. Additionally, the PID-5 comes in a shortened form that has 25 questions.
- Negative Affectivity – Reflects tendencies toward experiencing negative emotions such as sadness, anxiety, and anger.
- Detachment – Characterizes the extent to which a person is withdrawn, avoidant, and emotionally distant.
- Antagonism – Involves traits such as deceitfulness, grandiosity, and manipulativeness.
- Disinhibition – Reflects tendencies toward impulsivity, irresponsibility, and lack of self-control.
- Psychoticism – Includes characteristics like unusual perceptual experiences and odd beliefs.
PID-5 Personality Traits
Each of the five domains is broken down into several personality traits:
- Negative Affectivity: Emotional instability, vulnerability to stress, difficulty managing negative emotions.
- Detachment: Avoidance of intimacy, emotional coldness, anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure).
- Antagonism: Deceitfulness, lack of empathy, grandiosity.
- Disinhibition: Impulsivity, irresponsibility, recklessness.
- Psychoticism: Odd beliefs or magical thinking, unusual perceptual experiences, eccentric behavior.
What the PID-5 is NOT
1. It is not a Standalone Diagnostic Tool.
The PID-5 should be used in conjunction with other assessments and professional judgment. It is only one part of a comprehensive evaluation.
2. It is not a Self-Diagnosis Tool.
The PID-5 is a clinician-administered tool and should not be used for self-diagnosis.
3. It is not an IQ Test.
The PID-5 is focused on personality traits and disorders, not cognitive functioning.
4. It is not a Universal Diagnosis for All Personality Disorders.
The PID-5 is part of a broader diagnostic process and may not identify all disorders.
5. It is not a Quick Process.
Interpreting PID-5 results requires time and professional expertise. It is not an instant diagnostic solution.