Skip Navigation
Skip to contents

J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2016 May;55(2):103-113. 10.4306/jknpa.2016.55.2.103.

A Validation Study of Korean Version of Personality Beliefs Questionnaire-Short Form (PBQ-SF)

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, Seoul, Korea. youlri.kim@paik.ac.kr
  • 2Institute of Eating Disorders and Mental Health, Inje University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Psychology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
The Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form (PBQ-SF) is a self-report instrument for assessment of dysfunctional beliefs based on Beck's cognitive formulations of personality disorders. The aims of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of PBQ-SF in clinical samples.
METHODS
The Korean version of PBQ-SF was examined in 115 participants (50 patients with personality disorder and 65 patients without personality disorder). All participants were assessed for personality disorder using the semi-structured clinical interview of the Personality Assessment Schedule. The construction validity was examined by correlation with Beck Depression Inventory, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Five-Factor Inventory neuroticism scales. Twenty four randomly sampled patients were examined for the test-retest reliability.
RESULTS
The Korean version of PBQ-SF showed good internal consistency [Cronbach's alpha=0.73 (schizoid)-0.92 (paranoid)] and test-retest reliability [r=0.74 (narcissistic)-0.92 (paranoid)]. The PBQ-SF was correlated with depression, anxiety, and neuroticism. The overall subscales of PBQ-SF were correlated with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders based diagnosis of personality disorders.
CONCLUSION
Consistent with previous findings using the Korean full version of PBQ as well as the English version of PBQ-SF, our results support that the Korean version of PBQ-SF is a reliable and valid instrument for assessment of dysfunctional beliefs associated with personality pathology.

Keyword

Personality disorder; Personality Belief Questionnaire-Short Form (PBQ-SF); Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); Cognitive theory of personality disorder; Reliability; Validity

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Appointments and Schedules
Depression
Diagnosis
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Humans
Pathology
Personality Assessment
Personality Disorders
Reproducibility of Results
Weights and Measures
Full Text Links
  • JKNA
Actions
Cited
CITED
export Copy
Close
Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Similar articles
Copyright © 2026 by Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors. All rights reserved.     E-mail: koreamed@kamje.or.kr