The Formal Characteristics of Behaviour—Temperament Inventory (FCB—TI): Validity studies

Strelau, Jan; Zawadzki, Bogdan

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“…Temperamental traits were assessed by the Formal Characteristic of Behavior -Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI) developed by Strelau & Zawadzki (1993, 1995. The inventory consists of six scales, but for this analysis, only the scores of the Emotional Reactivity and Briskness scales were taken into account.…”

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Temperamental traits as predictors of effectiveness of psychotherapy (prolonged exposure) for PTSD in a group of motor vehicle accident survivors

Popiel¹,

Zawadzki²

2014

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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backgroundThe aim of the study was to analyze demographic (age, gender and education), temperamental (briskness and emotional reactivity) and psychopathological (severity of the disorder, comorbid symptoms of personality disorders) predictors of effectiveness of psychotherapy (Prolonged Exposure; PE) of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It was expected that temperamental traits -briskness (BR) and emotional reactivity (ER) (involved in arousing and change of PTSD symptoms) -would predict the post-treatment diagnosis of PTSD, regardless of severity of PTSD and symptoms of personality disorders.

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Temperamental traits as predictors of effectiveness of psychotherapy (prolonged exposure) for PTSD in a group of motor vehicle accident survivors

Popiel¹,

Zawadzki²

2014

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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“…The inventory has good psychometric properties with reliability (Cronbach α) ranging from .77 to .85 for individual scales. The inventory has also been shown to have high theoretical validity (Strelau & Zawadzki, 1995).…”

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Risk and health-promoting behaviours in adolescents with different temperamental profiles

Łosiak-Pilch¹

2017

Health Psychology Report

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While temperamental traits have been shown to be an important predictor of risk behaviour, much less attention has been paid to health-promoting behaviour. The concept of temperamental profiles as individual compositions of traits allows the formulation of predictions concerning differences in such behaviours. This study aimed to find differences in engaging in risk and health-promoting behaviours in adolescents with different temperamental profiles that represented individuals differing in stimulation regulation. methodsA group of 345 adolescents, 196 female and 149 male aged 18-19 years, completed questionnaires measuring engagement in risk and health-promoting behaviours as well as temperamental traits. Participants were then assigned by means of cluster analysis to four groups with different temperamental trait profiles. Aggregated scores of risk and health behaviours were used based on the frequency of occurrence. resultsAdolescents characterised by a non-resilient temperamental profile engaged both in risk and health-promoting behaviours less frequently than those characterised by other profiles. Gender-related differences in health promoting behaviours were also found. Female participants reported engaging in health-promoting behaviours more frequently than male participants.

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“…Temperament Temperament was assessed with the self-reported Formal Characteristics of Behavior Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI) by Strelau and Zawadzki [19,20], which includes 120 items (each trait comprising 20 items) rated in a yes = 1, no = 0 format comprised of temperament traits of briskness (e.g. "I am generally slower than others in carrying out my professional and domestic duties" reversed, "It's difficult for me to retain former proficiency if I have not practiced for a long time" reversed); perseveration (e.g.…”

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“…Temperament is postulated to consist of six formal characteristics of behaviour that represent individual differences in temporal and energetic aspects of behaviour [19,20]. The temporal and energetic characteristics of behavior participate in the regu lation of stimulation and the level of arousal which is disrupted in stressful situations [18].…”

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Effort-reward imbalance at work is predicted by temporal and energetic characteristics of behavior: A population-based study

Hintsa

Hintsanen

Jokela

et al. 2013

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objective: Personality dispositions may influence perceptions of work stress. The paper examines the relationship between temperament in terms of Strelau's Regulative Theory of Temperament and the effort-reward imbalance and its components. Material and Methods: There were 890 participants (360 men) aged 37.9 years on average. Temperament traits of briskness and perseveration (temporal characteristics of behavior), sensory sensitivity, emotional reactivity, endurance and activity (energetic characteristics of behavior) were measured by Strelau & Zawadzki's Formal Characteristics of BehaviorTemperament Inventory (FCB-TI) in 1997 and 2001. Effort and reward at work were assessed with the original effortreward imbalance (ERI) questionnaire of 2007. Results: Higher ERI at work was predicted by higher emotional reactivity, higher perseveration, lower briskness, and lower endurance. Higher effort and lower rewards at work were predicted by higher perseveration and lower endurance. The FCB-TI temperament characteristics accounted for 5.2%, 4.8% and 6.5% of the variance in the ERI, effort and reward, respectively. Lower emotional reactivity, lower perseveration, higher briskness and higher endurance predicted higher esteem at work, job promotion and job security. Conclusions: Individual differences in arousability, reflected in temporal and energetic characteristics of behavior, may predispose to or to protect from an effort-reward imbalance at work. Individual differences should be acknowledged in work stress prevention and developing interventions.

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The Formal Characteristics of Behaviour—Temperament Inventory (FCB—TI): Validity studies

Cited by 147 publications

References 30 publications

Temperamental traits as predictors of effectiveness of psychotherapy (prolonged exposure) for PTSD in a group of motor vehicle accident survivors

Temperamental traits as predictors of effectiveness of psychotherapy (prolonged exposure) for PTSD in a group of motor vehicle accident survivors

Risk and health-promoting behaviours in adolescents with different temperamental profiles

Effort-reward imbalance at work is predicted by temporal and energetic characteristics of behavior: A population-based study

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