a tool designed to measure the tendency toward psychotic-like experiences and behaviors, which we refer to as Disintegration. This trait is often labeled as Psychoticism by other researchers.

We conceptualize Disintegration as a fundamental personality trait, which we propose adding to contemporary personality frameworks such as the HEXACO or Big Five models.

In our view, complementing the HEXACO model (https://hexaco.org/hexaco-inventory) with Disintegration provides the most comprehensive, precise, and parsimonious representation of personality structure. Consequently, our discussions of Disintegration are integrated with the core personality traits described by the HEXACO framework.