A new five factor model of psychopathology: Preliminary psychometric characteristics of the five-dimensional personality test (5DPT)

The present study investigated the preliminary psychometric characteristics of an English translation of a new five factor model of psychopathology, the five-dimensional personality test (5DPT). Internal scale reliabilities were good (median α = .86, n = 683) and test–retest reliability was excellent (r = .92, n = 67, one-week interval), replicating findings from a previous study of the Dutch version of the 5DPT. The 5DPT exhibited sufficient construct validity with a measure of Karen Horney’s tridimensional theory (Horney-Coolidge Tridimensional Inventory) and a measure of personality disorders (Coolidge Axis II Inventory) to warrant further study.