Anxiousness
This short public-domain IPIP scale measures the CAT-PD personality trait of anxiousness. 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 Anxiousness 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
- 7 questions
- Cost
- Free basic result
- Age
- Adults 18+
What this covers
- Anxiousness
- Average response to the published CAT-PD anxiousness items.
Who it is for
Adults who want to reflect on how accurately statements related to anxiousness 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 Anxiousness key from the International Personality Item Pool.
Your answers and result stay on this device. After completion, you can separately choose to upload derived scores for a private link that expires after 180 days.