Functioning styles of personality disorders and five-factor normal personality traits: a correlation study in Chinese students

Table 2 Personality constructs, scaling points and internal alphas of three questionnaires in ADULT (n = 574) and CHILD (n = 339) groups.

	Number of Item	Scale point	Alpha
			ADULT	CHILD
The Parker Personality Measure
Paranoid	10	1,2,3,4,5	.70	.68
Schizoid	8	1,2,3,4,5	.35	.30
Schizotypal	5	1,2,3,4,5	.62	.58
Antisocial	10	1,2,3,4,5	.68	.68
Borderline	10	1,2,3,4,5	.78	.75
Histrionic	6	1,2,3,4,5	.55	.51
Narcissistic	8	1,2,3,4,5	.70	.73
Avoidant	10	1,2,3,4,5	.75	.69
Dependent	10	1,2,3,4,5	.72	.72
Obsessive-Compulsive	6	1,2,3,4,5	.50	.44
Passive-Aggressive	9	1,2,3,4,5	.68	.66
The Five-Factor Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire
Extraversion	12	1,2,3,4,5	.75	.68
Agreeableness	12	1,2,3,4,5	.61	.56
Conscientiousness	12	1,2,3,4,5	.60	.61
Openness to Experience	12	1,2,3,4,5	.67	.66
Neuroticism	12	1,2,3,4,5	.69	.68
The Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire
Impulsive Sensation Seeking	19	0,1	.67	.70
Neuroticism-Anxiety	19	0,1	.77	.72
Aggression-Hostility	17	0,1	.63	.66
Activity	17	0,1	.66	.64
Sociability	17	0,1	.66	.63

Note: The Likert-type rating scales used in the Parker Personality Measure and the Five-Factor Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire were different from those used in the original designs.

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