Validity, reliability and hierarchical structure of the PID-5 among Egyptian college students: Using exploratory structural equation modelling.

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the pathological personality traits of undergraduate students using the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) among Egyptian university-age participants. We replicated the five-factor model of the PID-5 using exploratory structural equation modelling analysis with target rotation towards the original study of the PID-5 construction. Next, we estimated the factor congruence to identify the similarity of the present five-factor solution with the available relevant studies. Moreover, we investigated the pattern of the Personality Pathology hierarchy for the PID-5. The sample comprised 845 undergraduate students whose ages ranged between 18 and 28years (mean=19.89 and standard deviation=1.43). The present study findings showed that the reliability of the PID-5 facets was acceptable. In addition, the factor congruence results showed that the replicated five factors had acceptable congruence coefficients with some relevant studies. Also, the results indicated that the hierarchy levels were found to be consistent with some relevant findings. Generally, the PID-5 showed sufficient reliability and validity; however, there were significant cross-loadings that have been discussed in detail in the succeeding text. Further, this is the first study in the Arab world that uses exploratory structural equation modelling and build a hierarchical structure to investigate the PID-5. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.