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Standardised Assessment of Personality — Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS)

An 8-question screen for personality difficulties. A positive screen does not mean you have a personality disorder — it only means a fuller assessment with a professional could be informative. Around 1 in 7 people screen positive.

Length
8 items, about 1 minutes
What you get
1 scored scale, with bands and an optional AI narrative report
Licence & provenance
Published in Moran et al. (2003), British Journal of Psychiatry (© Royal College of Psychiatrists). The scale is openly reproduced across the peer-reviewed literature and freely distributed by public health resources; presented here for educational screening with full citation.
Citation
Moran, P., Leese, M., Lee, T., Walters, P., Thornicroft, G., & Mann, A. (2003). Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): preliminary validation of a brief screen for personality disorder. British Journal of Psychiatry, 183, 228–232.

Before you start

  • Your answers are saved so we can score them and show your results.
  • Only you can see them, in this browser on this device.
  • We keep them for up to 180 days. You can delete them at any time from your results page.
  • If you choose an AI report, your computed scores (never your individual answers) are sent to Anthropic, our AI provider in the USA, to write it.
  • No one reviews your answers in real time. If you need help now, use urgent support, not a questionnaire.
  • You can stop at any time. Results are educational — never a diagnosis.

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