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.