Personality Belief Questionnaire Scoring Key
Patient Name: ______________________________________ Date: ____________
Criterion Group Z-scores
Patients with Patients with
PBQ Scale Raw Score Z-score corresponding PD no PD
Avoidant Sum of items 1-14 =_____ (Raw score - 18.8)/10.9 =_____ .62 -.69
Dependent Sum of items 15-28 =_____ (Raw score – 18.0)/11.8 =_____ .83 -.49
Passive- No data -.38
Aggressive Sum of items 29-42 =_____ (Raw score – 19.3)/10.5 =_____
Obsessive- .31 -.51
Compulsive Sum of items 43-56 =_____ (Raw score – 22.7)/11.5 =_____
Antisocial Sum of items 57-70 =_____ (Raw score – 9.3)/6.8 =_____ .31 -.18
Narcissistic Sum of items 71-84 =_____ (Raw score – 10.0)/7.6 =_____ 1.10 -.38
Histrionic Sum of items 85-98 =_____ (Raw score – 14.0)/9.3 =_____ No data -.29
Schizoid Sum of items 99-112 =_____ (Raw score – 16.3)/8.6 =_____ No data -.14
Paranoid Sum of items 113-126 =_____ (Raw score – 14.6)/11.3 =_____ .51 -.55
Borderline Sum items 4, 9, 13, 15, =_____ (Raw score – 15.8)/10.5 =_____ .77 -.65
16, 18, 27, 60, 97, 113,
116, 119, 125, and 126
Note: Z-scores are based on a sample of 756 psychiatric outpatients with mixed diagnoses.
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