Personality
Questionnaires
Type D personality - DS14
Description: The DS-14 assesses Type D personality, which refers to the tendency to experience negative emotions across time and situations (negative affectivity), combined with social inhibition, or the tendency not to share these emotions with others, because of fear of rejection or disapproval.
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Contact for permission: Nina Kupper
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The Type D questionnaire has been translated in many languages. If you have translated and validated the questionnaire in your language, please send us a copy including the reference to your paper, so that we can provide link on this page.
Adult Social Inhibition - SIQ15
Description: The SIQ-15 is a 15-item survey that assesses adult social inhibition, involving prototypical behavioral (inhibition), cognitive (interpersonal sensitivity) and affective (withdrawal) characteristics. The facets are distinct characteristics and can be analyzed as subscales. The SIQ-15 has been used previously as a measure in stress, health, and well-being research.
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Contact for permission: Nina Kupper
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If you want to translate and validate the SIQ-15 in your own language, please inform us and send us a copy, including the reference to your paper. We’ll make sure to mention it here and provide the necessary links.
Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF 2.0)
Description: The LPFS-BF 2.0 is a brief self-report questionnaire based upon the alternative model for personality disorders (AMPD) to assess level of personality functioning. The scale consists of a total of 12 items, of which six items measure self-functioning and six items measure interpersonal functioning. There are three items for each of the four subdomains of Level of Personality Functioning Scale (identity, self-direction, empathy, and intimacy).
Copyright: The LPFS-BF 2.0, whether in English, Dutch or in translation, are copyrighted documents that may not be modified in any way. Paper versions may be downloaded and subsequently photocopied without charge by individuals or non-profit organizations provided they are not making any charge to participants or other persons. For permission to distribute electronic versions of the LPFS-BF (2.0), or if you have any questions, please contact research@deviersprong.nl
Contact for permission: Laura Weekers (for permission for use and norm data)
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Scoring instructions: Scoring consists of a total score (sum of all items), a self-functioning score (sum of items 1-6) and interpersonal functioning score (sum of items 7-12).
Original validation study: Weekers LC, Hutsebaut J, Kamphuis JH. The Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0: Update of a brief instrument for assessing level of personality functioning. Personal Ment Health. 2019 Feb;13(1):3-14. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1434. Epub 2018 Sep 19. PMID: 30230242.