Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (Brief Form) Predictors of Sexual Addiction

Abstract

Sexual addiction risk may be elevated by personality maladjustment. The Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID) was identified in the DSM-5 as an exemplar for future personality research. The brief form (DSM-5-BF) canvases the same domains, with concerns raised that it may underestimate levels of maladjustment. PID-5-BF associations were found in this national sample (N = 428) with all five subscales of the Sexual Addiction Screening Test (preoccupation with sex, loss of control, relationship disturbance, affective disturbance, and Internet addiction). PID-5-BF personality maladjustment in this national survey sample appeared to increase the relative risks of elevated sexual addiction symptomatology.

Disclosure statement

This was an unfunded project with no authorship conflicts of interest.

Ethics assurance

This project was approved by our university Institutional Review Board with informed consent required for all respondents.