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This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.The study aims to provide mental health professionals in Arabic-speaking regions with a validated, efficient tool for assessing personality pathology, which will help diagnose and treat people who suffer from personality disorders. Therefore, the study focused on verifying the psychometric properties of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Brief in its Arabic version. Three samples totaled 1317 students in three Arab countries' universities: Jordan 384 (30.5%), Algeria 499 (35.5%), and Oman 434 (34.5%). There were 951 (72.2%) females and 434 (27.8%) males. Their mean age was 23.6±8.08. In the development process of the scale, Translation, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, and test-retest studies were conducted and reported. In reliability analysis, the Cronbach alpha value for subscales was between 0.68-0.81 and between 0.71-0.78 for correlation coefficients in test-retest analysis. The correlation coefficients across the dimensions of the scale were between (0.34-0.62). In addition, in the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), the fit indices of the model tested were found to be appropriate: (χ2/df=2.45, RMSEA = 0.06, GFI = 0.92, CFI = 0.90, TLI = 0.92) with Items loading between 0.48-0.75. The applications result from the obtained validity and reliability analysis findings the Arabic version of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Brief is understood to be a valid and reliable scale to diagnose individuals with personality disorders in Arabic‑speaking populations.