Author(s)

Frederick L. Coolidge, Ivan Valenzuela, Daniel L. Segal, Leilani Feliciano

Psychology Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.

The psychometric properties of a new measure, the 33-item Abrasive Personality Traits scale, were investigated. College students (N = 84) completed the scale about someone they perceived as abrasive and an additional 75 college students completed it about someone who they did not consider abrasive. The scale had good internal reliability and acceptable test-retest reliability. Abrasive people were rated significantly higher on the scale than non-abrasive people (large effect size). The scale was also strongly and significantly correlated with the Narcissistic, Paranoid, Sadistic, Antisocial, and Passive-Aggressive personality disorders on the Coolidge Axis II Inventory. The results preliminarily demonstrate that abrasiveness may constitute a psychometrically reliable personality cluster, warranting further investigation.

Abrasive Personality Traits, Abrasive Personality Traits (APT) Scale Assessment, Personality Disorder, Coolidge Axis II Inventory, CATI

Coolidge, F. , Valenzuela, I. , Segal, D. and Feliciano, L. (2018) An Empirical Investigation of a New Measure to Assess Abrasive Personality Disorder Traits. Psychology, 9, 114-123. doi: 10.4236/psych.2018.91008.