Compedium of ultra-short psychology questionnaires

A list of ultra-short scales to use in psychological research

Contribute: if you are aware of any well-established short questionnaires (< 10 items), let us know!

Well-established

Mood

• PHQ-4 (4 items): Depression and anxiety
  • PHQ-2 for depression + GAD-2 for anxiety
  • TODO: add refs
• SILS: Single-Item Life Satisfaction Scale
  • Jovanović & Lazić (2020), Jovanović et al. (2020)
• CSD-2: 2-item version of the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale
  • Michal et al. (2011)

Personality

• TIPI: Ten Item Personality Inventory
  • Gosling et al. (2003)
  • See also Chapman et al. (2017) for criticism
• FIPI Five Item Personality Inventory
  • TODO
• BFI-10:
  • Rammstedt & John (2007)
  • Mastrascusa et al. (2023)
• SIMP Single-Item Measures of Personality
  • TODO
• SINS: Single Item Narcissism Scale
  • Konrath et al. (2014)
• MWQ (5 items): Mind Wandering Questionnaire
  • Mrazek et al. 2013

Potential

• PAQ-S (6 items): Alexithymia
• • Preece et al. (2023)
• uSDT (9 items): Dark Triad
  • Wehner et al. (2021)
• ERQ-S (6 items): Emotion regulation strategy
  • Valenti & Faraci (2025)
• A-US (3 items): Authoritarianism – Ultra Short
  • Heller et al. (2020)

References

Rammstedt, B., & Beierlein, C. (2014). Can’t we make it any shorter?. Journal of Individual Differences.