Table 2.

The internal consistency of the Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale

Item	Alpha coefficient if item omitted
Difficulty making and keeping friends	0.47
Usually a loner	0.42
Trusting others	0.46
Normally loses temper easily	0.41
Normally impulsive	0.45
Normally a worrier	0.48
Depend on others a lot	0.47
Generally a perfectionist	0.58

The alpha coefficient for the total score is 0.51