Testing the Structural Validity of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5): Part I, A Review of Factor Structures across Asian Samples

Abstract

Available in the public domain, the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5; APA, 2013) is a five-domain-and-25-facet questionnaire developed to measure the Criterion B (pathological traits) model of the DSM-5 Section III Alternative Personality Disorder Model. The model is said to apply cross-culturally (Skodol, 2013) however has not been examined using Asian samples. The goal of this paper is to provide a review of published studies using Asian samples and provide preliminary evidence of its structural integrity using a Filipino sample. Nine out of 22 published studies were included for the review. Tentatively, results shows a replicated five-factor structure from five Asian samples (N=2,446) with several facets (i.e. Depressivity, Restricted Affectivity, and Risk Taking) located from a different domain. In two Asian samples (namely, Singaporean and Indonesian), a sixth factor was formed such as the case of Restricted Affectivity and Submissiveness. Most of the scales were reported to have internal consistency ranging from 0.50 to 0.94 for facets and 0.63 to 0.94 for domains. Using three datasets (N=1,026) obtained from Filipino college students, the structure of the PID-5 will be examined based on four available models (APA, 2013; Bach et al., 2017; Krueger et al., 2012; Widiger, 2013). [Working research paper for a dissertation project.