Affective Lability
This short public-domain IPIP scale measures the CAT-PD personality trait of affective lability. It is one trait scale from a dimensional personality-pathology research model, not a personality-disorder or cluster assessment.
- Scientific name
- CAT-PD-SF v1.1 Affective Lability Scale
- Primary reference
- Simms LJ et al. Computerized Adaptive Assessment of Personality Disorder: Introducing the CAT-PD Project. Journal of Personality Assessment. 2011;93(4):380–389. Open publication
- Time
- 3 min
- Length
- 6 questions
- Cost
- Free basic result
- Age
- Adults 18+
What this covers
- Affective lability
- Average response to the published CAT-PD affective lability items.
Who it is for
Adults who want to reflect on how accurately statements related to affective lability describe them.
What your result can show
Responses are averaged from 1 to 5 after reverse-keying the published items. The result only describes endorsement of this single trait and has no diagnostic cutoff.
Important limitations
A single personality trait is not a personality disorder. Diagnosis requires a persistent, pervasive pattern, significant impairment, context, history and qualified clinical evaluation.
A higher score does not establish a diagnosis. A lower score does not show that a condition is absent.
Evidence and permission
Items and CAT-PD-SF v1.1 Affective Lability key from the International Personality Item Pool.
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