The Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire

The Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4th Edition (PDQ-4) is a 100 item, self-administered, true/false questionnaire that yields personality diagnoses consistent with the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for the axis II disorders. It takes approximately 20-3 0 minutes to complete. It is widely used in clinical practice and in research projects throughout the U.S.A. and has been translated in several different languages. Click here for references . Though it's principal use ha s been for screening for personality diagnoses, the newest version includes a Clinical Significance Scale to address the problem of false positive diagnoses.

There is also a computer-assisted version of the PDQ-4, the PDQ-4 (CA). Click here for further information.

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