Adaptation and Psychometric Characteristic of Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form (PID-5-BF)

The aim of the present study was to adapt and develop a Persian adult version of Personality Inventory for DSM-5—Brief Form (PID-5-BF) and to examine its psychometric characteristic in the Iranian society. For this purpose, 663 subjects (111 males and 150 females) selected by cluster sampling method. After the translation and adaptation phases, the all subjects complete Persian version of this questionnaire along with short form NEO Five-Factor Inventory. The reliability for sub-scales of questionnaire via internal consistency method Cronbach’s alphas was range (0086 to 0080) and via test-retest method correlations was (0011 to 0081) suggested good reliability of the Persian version of this questionnaire. Existence of special correlation patterns between subscales of this questionnaire and NEO Five-Factor Inventory indicated good criterion validity of the scale. In addition, the validity of the scale was investigated by using confirmatory and explanatory factor analysis that supported the original five factor model and indicated adequate validity of questionnaire. Generally, the results of this research showed that the Persian adult version of Personality Inventory for DSM-5—Brief Form (PID-5-BF) had suitable factor structure, reliability and validity in the Iranian society.