Normative data and effects of age and gender on temperament and character dimensions across the lifespan in an Italian population: A cross-sectional validation study

Delvecchio, Giuseppe; Garzitto, Marco; Fagnani, Corrado; Fornasari, Livia; Stazi, Maria Antonietta; Picardi, Angelo; Ciappolino, Valentina; Fabbro, Franco; Altamura, A.C.; Brambilla, Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.014

Cited by 13 publications

(23 citation statements)

References 60 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Higher HA in female is caused by difference in monoamine system and hormonal composition. With high HA, female has a more active serotonin and noradrenaline components, as well as estrogen that is more sensitive to the HPA axis, making females more vulnerable to anxiety (33). Additionally, female are faster to develop more mature socialization skills compared to male (7).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Temperament profile and its association with the vulnerability to smartphone addiction of medical students in Indonesia

Hanafi

Siste

Wiguna

et al. 2019

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Temperament profiles of an individual with high novelty seeking and low harm avoidance have been reported to be related to substance addiction, but smartphone addiction could be different from substance addiction. Medical students have high exposure to smartphone use. Screening their risk of smartphone addiction based on the temperament profile may help in deciding best prevention approach. This research aimed to examine the temperament profile and its association with vulnerability to smartphone addiction of medical students in Jakarta, Indonesia. The research was conducted with cross sectional design and simple random sampling. The Temperament and Character Inventory and the Smartphone Addiction Scale were used to measure desired outcomes. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the relationship between demographic factors, pattern of smartphone use, temperament type, and vulnerability to smartphone addiction. Of the 185 samples, most subjects have low novelty seeking, high reward dependence, and high harm avoidance. The average smartphone usage in a day was 7.94 hours (SD 3.92) with the initial age of smartphone usage was 7.58 years (SD 2.43).The respondents used smartphone for communication and accessing social media. High harm avoidance temperament was significantly associated with risk of smartphone addiction with OR 2.035; 95% CI 1.119 to 3.701). This study shows that smartphone addiction has similarities with other behavior addictions. Harm avoidance temperament is associated with the risk of smartphone addiction. Screening on risk of smartphone addiction based on temperament type should be done on medical students.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Temperament profile and its association with the vulnerability to smartphone addiction of medical students in Indonesia

Hanafi

Siste

Wiguna

et al. 2019

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The personality profile was assessed with the Italian adaptation of the 125-item Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI; [ 58 , 59 , 71 ]). This tool assesses the temperament and character dimensions of personality using a dichotomous true-false response format (item example: “I’m often so determined that I continue working long after other people give up”).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Positive Impact of Mindfulness Meditation on Mental Health of Female Teachers during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy

Matiz

Fabbro

Paschetto

et al. 2020

IJERPH

Self Cite

159

133

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures were shown to impact negatively on people’s mental health. In particular, women were reported to be at higher risk than men of developing symptoms of stress/anxiety/depression, and resilience was considered a key factor for positive mental health outcomes. In the present study, a sample of Italian female teachers (n = 66, age: 51.5 ± 7.9 years) was assessed with self-report instruments one month before and one month after the start of the Covid-19 lockdown: mindfulness skills, empathy, personality profiles, interoceptive awareness, psychological well-being, emotional distress and burnout levels were measured. Meanwhile, they received an 8-week Mindfulness-Oriented Meditation (MOM) course, through two group meetings and six individual video-lessons. Based on baseline personality profiles, analyses of variance were performed in a low-resilience (LR, n = 32) and a high-resilience (HR, n = 26) group. The LR and HR groups differed at baseline in most of the self-report measures. Pre–post MOM significant improvements were found in both groups in anxiety, depression, affective empathy, emotional exhaustion, psychological well-being, interoceptive awareness, character traits and mindfulness levels. Improvements in depression and psychological well-being were higher in the LR vs. HR group. We conclude that mindfulness-based training can effectively mitigate the psychological negative consequences of the Covid-19 outbreak, helping in particular to restore well-being in the most vulnerable individuals.

show abstract

“…Continuous measures were summarized reporting mean, standard deviation (SD), and range of variation of raw scores. Referring to score distribution from Italian adaptation (Delvecchio et al, 2016), an average level of TCI-125 scores was defined by the ±0.440 z-score interval (roughly corresponding to the central third of score distribution by sex and age; considering low scores those ≤33 th percentile and high scores those ≥66 th one; following Cloninger, Svrakic & Przybeck, 1993). A mature character was identified by having high scores in both SD and Co, while an immature character by low scores in the same two scales.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Personality was assessed using the self-report form of the Temperament and Character Inventory in 125-items version (TCI-125;Cloninger et al, 1994), administered in Italian adaptation (Delvecchio et al, 2016 Manuscript to be reviewed (Cloninger, Svrakic & Przybeck, 1993) with True/False items organized into four Temperament scales (i.e. : NS, Novelty Seeking; HA, Harm Avoidance; RD, Reward Dependence; Pe, Persistence) and three Character scales (i.e.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Peer Review #1 of "Temperament and character effects on late adolescents’ well-being and emotional-behavioural difficulties (v0.1)"

Cr¹

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BACKGROUND: Research on adults points to personality as a crucial determinant of wellbeing. The present study investigates the question of personality's relation to well-being and psychosocial adjustment in adolescence. METHODS: We assessed the role of temperament and character (Temperament and Character Inventory, TCI-125), on psychological well-being (PWB; Psychological Well-Being scales), subjective well-being (SWB; Positive and Negative Affect, PA and NA, respectively), and psychosocial adjustment (emotional-behavioural problems measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for adolescents, SDQ-A), in 72 Italian late adolescents (aged 17.5±0.75). Multiple regressions were conducted to predict PWB, SWB, and SDQ-A scores using TCI-125 scales as predictors. RESULTS: Character maturity, and in particular Self-Directedness, had a widespread protective effect on well-being and psychosocial adjustment, while different strengths and emotional-behavioural difficulties were associated to specific temperamental and character traits. For example, Harm-Avoidance and Novelty-Seeking positively predicted internalized and externalized problems, respectively. DISCUSSION: The present results suggest the usefulness of continuing to evaluate temperament and, in particular, character dimensions in investigations focused on adolescents' well-being and psychosocial functioning, especially in the contexts of potential interventions aimed at enhancing development of adolescents' character dimensions at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal levels.

show abstract

Normative data and effects of age and gender on temperament and character dimensions across the lifespan in an Italian population: A cross-sectional validation study

Cited by 13 publications

References 60 publications

Temperament profile and its association with the vulnerability to smartphone addiction of medical students in Indonesia

Temperament profile and its association with the vulnerability to smartphone addiction of medical students in Indonesia

Positive Impact of Mindfulness Meditation on Mental Health of Female Teachers during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy

Peer Review #1 of "Temperament and character effects on late adolescents’ well-being and emotional-behavioural difficulties (v0.1)"

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About