scholarly journals Assessment of Personality Dimensions in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder Using the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rene L. Olvera ◽  
Manoela Fonseca ◽  
Sheila C. Caetano ◽  
John P. Hatch ◽  
Kristina Hunter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Character Inventory

Personality dimensions measured by the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in subjects with social phobia

2003 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Marteinsdottir ◽  
Maria Tillfors ◽  
Tomas Furmark ◽  
Ulla Maria Anderberg ◽  
Lisa Ekselius
Keyword(s):  
Social Phobia ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Character Inventory

Distributions by Age and Sex of the Dimensions of Temperament and Character Inventory in a Cross-Cultural Perspective among Sweden, Germany, and the USA

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Brändström ◽  
Jörg Richter ◽  
Tom Przybeck
Keyword(s):  
Novelty Seeking ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Biosocial Theory ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Character Inventory ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Self Transcendence ◽  
Age And Sex

Distribution by age and sex of the dimensions of the Temperament and Character Inventory were assessed cross-culturally for samples in Sweden, Germany, and the USA. The Temperament and Character Inventory is a 240-item (Sweden, 238-item), self-administered, true-false format, paper-and-pencil test developed by Cloninger and his coworkers based on his unified biosocial theory of personality. The inventory measures the Temperament dimensions Novelty Seeking, Harm Avoidance, Reward Dependence, and Persistence as well as the Character dimensions, Self-directedness, Cooperativeness, and Self-transcendence. The samples consisted of 300 German subjects, 300 Swedish subjects, and 300 U.S. subjects matched by age cohort and sex. Stability of the personality dimensions was evaluated across samples as were their age and sex distributions. We found significant effects of age, sex, and culture in univeriate and multivariate comparisons on the personality dimensions. However, several significant differences in the personality dimensions for both European samples appear to be similar compared with those of the U.S. sample. We have to conclude that sex- and age-specific norms for the dimensions of the Temperament and Character Inventory are necessary given the established significant differences.

scholarly journals Typus melancholicus and the Temperament and Character Inventory personality dimensions in patients with major depression

2000 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Kimura ◽  
Tetsuya Sato ◽  
Toshihiko Takahashi ◽  
Tomohiro Narita ◽  
Shigeki Hirano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Typus Melancholicus ◽  
Character Inventory

Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in adolescents with anorexia nervosa

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Rybakowski ◽  
Agnieszka Slopien ◽  
Marzena Zakrzewska ◽  
Elzbieta Hornowska ◽  
Andrzej Rajewski
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Novelty Seeking ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Adolescent Patients ◽  
Character Inventory ◽  
Self Transcendence ◽  
And Control

Background:Female patients with anorexia nervosa differ significantly from the control women in various dimensions of personality.Objective:To investigate the personality dimensions measured with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in adolescent patients with restrictive-type and bulimic/purging-type anorexia nervosa (ANR and ANB, respectively), and contrast them with the results of control females.Methods:Sixty-one patients with anorexia nervosa (36 ANR and 25 ANB) and 60 controls were tested with the TCI. A concomitant assessment of depression, body mass index and age was made to evaluate the possible correlation with personality dimensions.Results:Adolescent ANR patients scored higher in persistence, harm avoidance and cooperativeness, and lower in novelty seeking and self-transcendence than control women. ANB patients scored in the middle between ANR and control females, but differences did not reach the significance level with either group, except for the self-transcendence dimension where they scored significantly higher than those with ANR.Conclusions:The deviations in temperamental profile of adolescent ANR are similar to those reported in adult patients. The ANB adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa show less prominent deviations from the personality of control women. With regard to the character dimension of cooperativeness, adolescents with ANR scored higher than controls, in contrast to the observations in adult patients. This may reflect the effect of illness on the development of character.

Personality traits as an endophenotype in genetic studies on suicidality in bipolar disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Pawlak ◽  
M. Dmitrzak-Węglarz ◽  
M. Maciukiewicz ◽  
P. Kapelski ◽  
P. Czerski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Tryptophan Hydroxylase ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Character Inventory ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Genetically Determined

IntroductionThe influence of personality traits on suicidal behaviour risk has been well documented. Personality traits and suicidal behaviour are partially genetically determined and personality has been described as an endophenotype of suicidal behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible association between personality traits with suicidal behaviour and selected serotonergic gene polymorphisms.MethodsIn the study we included 156 patients meeting DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder (BP) and 93 healthy controls. The personality dimensions were assessed using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). We genotyped two selected polymorphisms of the tryptophan hydroxylase 1 (TPH1) gene (rs1800532 218A>C and rs1799913 779A>C) and polymorphism in the promoter region of serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR, rs25531) related to serotoninergic neurotransmission. Multiple poisson regression, logistic regression and Kruskal–Wallis tests were applied.ResultsWe found numerous differences between the BP patients and the control group in terms of their TCI dimensions/subdimensions. Significant differences were found between patients with, and without, suicidal attempts in fatigability and asthenia (Ha4), as well as in harm avoidance (Ha). We also found that the interactions between TCI subdimensions (the interaction of disordiness (Ns4) and spiritual acceptance (St3), disordiness (Ns4) and integrated conscience (C5), extravagance (Ns3) and resourcefulness (Sd3)) were significantly contributing for suicidal behaviour risk. We found association between all studied genetic polymorphisms and several TCI dimensions and subdimensions.ConclusionOur results confirm that personality traits are partially determined by genes. Both personality traits and the interactions between temperament and character traits, may be helpful in predicting suicidal behaviour.

Electrophysiological correlates of personality dimensions measured by Temperament and Character Inventory

2002 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
MYUNG-SUN KIM ◽  
SANG-SOO CHO ◽  
KYUNG-WHUN KANG ◽  
JOO-LEE HWANG ◽  
JUN SOO KWON
Keyword(s):  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Character Inventory

scholarly journals Bipolar Disorder and the TCI: Higher Self-Transcendence in Bipolar Disorder Compared to Major Depression

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Harley ◽  
J. Elisabeth Wells ◽  
Christopher M. A. Frampton ◽  
Peter R. Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Psychiatric Diagnoses ◽  
Personality Theory ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
Character Inventory ◽  
Self Transcendence

Personality traits are potential endophenotypes for genetic studies of psychiatric disorders. One personality theory which demonstrates strong heritability is Cloninger's psychobiological model measured using the temperament and character inventory (TCI). 277 individuals who completed the TCI questionnaire as part of the South Island Bipolar Study were also interviewed to assess for lifetime psychiatric diagnoses. Four groups were compared, bipolar disorder (BP), type 1 and 2, MDD (major depressive disorder), and nonaffected relatives of a proband with BP. With correction for mood state, total harm avoidance (HA) was higher than unaffected in both MDD and BP groups, but the mood disorder groups did not differ from each other. However, BP1 individuals had higher self-transcendence (ST) than those with MDD and unaffected relatives. HA may reflect a trait marker of mood disorders whereas high ST may be specific to BP. As ST is heritable, genes that affect ST may be of relevance for vulnerability to BP.

The relationship between temperament and character and psychotic-like experiences in healthy children and adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 60-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.C. Nitzburg ◽  
C.B. Gopin ◽  
B.D. Peters ◽  
K.H. Karlsgodt ◽  
AK Malhotra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Temperament And Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Character Inventory ◽  
Personality Pattern ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractBackgroundPrior work by our group identified personality profiles associated with psychotic-like experiences (PLE's) in healthy adults that were strikingly similar to those found in schizophrenia patients, with the exception of two key differences. Specifically, higher levels of PLE's were linked to higher persistence and cooperativeness, suggesting that these characteristics might represent personality-based resilience factors. Notably, age and personality were significantly correlated in these data, raising questions about whether healthy children and adolescents would show similar results. To date, no study has examined personality profiles associated with both positive and negative PLE's in healthy children and adolescents using Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). Thus, this study examined the relationship between TCI dimensions and PLE's in healthy children and adolescents.MethodThe TCI and the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE) were administered to 123 healthy children and adolescents aged 8–18. Multiple regression models were used to examine personality dimensions associated with overall severity of PLE's as well as severity of positive and negative PLE's separately.ResultsPositive, negative, and overall PLE severity were all associated with a personality pattern of higher harm avoidance and lower self-directedness. Negative PLE severity was also associated with lower persistence.ConclusionsPersonality correlates of PLE's in healthy children and adolescents were largely consistent with our past work on PLE's in healthy adults. However, our previously identified resilience factors were notably absent in this sample. These findings may suggest that these personality characteristics have not yet crystallized or emerged to aid in coping with PLE's.

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