The relationship between personality and mood: comparison of the BDI and the TCI

Peirson, A.R; Heuchert, J.W

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(00)00031-3

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“…However, HA was modestly associated with abstinence-induced increases in generalized negative affect (assessed by the PANAS) and desire to smoke to relieve distress, even after adjusting for demographics and nicotine dependence severity (Figure 1). The current results parallel data demonstrating that smokers with depression and anxiety, which are generally associated with high HA (Peirson & Heuchert, 2001;Pomerleau et al, 1992), experience greater abstinence-induced increases in depressed mood, irritability, anxiety, and restlessness (Pomerleau et al, 2000). Furthermore, these findings also correspond with previous reports that smokers with high HA scores are more likely to smoke for negative reinforcement purposes (Pomerleau, Fagerström et al, 2003).…”

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Associations between Cloninger's temperament dimensions and acute tobacco withdrawal

Leventhal¹,

Waters²,

Boyd³

et al. 2007

Addictive Behaviors

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This study examined associations between three temperament dimensions measured by the Temperament and Character Inventory-125 (Cloninger, 1992) and tobacco abstinence effects. Smokers (N = 203, ≥15 cig/day) attended two laboratory sessions, one following 12hr of abstinence and the other following ad libitum smoking (order counterbalanced). Participants completed measures of withdrawal symptoms, cigarette urges, and affect. Smokers high in Novelty Seeking reported greater abstinence-induced increases in several nicotine withdrawal symptoms, negative affect, and cigarette craving. Smokers high in Harm Avoidance reported greater abstinence-induced increases in negative affect and urges to smoke to relieve distress. Reward Dependence was not associated with abstinence effects. Novelty Seeking and Harm Avoidance showed independent predictive associations with negative affect and urges, and their associations with abstinence effects persisted when controlling for FTND scores. Smokers with different temperaments display different patterns of acute tobacco withdrawal, and may benefit from treatments matched to their particular abstinence profile.

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Associations between Cloninger's temperament dimensions and acute tobacco withdrawal

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Waters²,

Boyd³

et al. 2007

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“…Based on such characteristics, the close association with symptoms of depression and anxiety is obvious. Indeed, patients suffering from depressive and anxiety disorders were repeatedly found to score high on Harm Avoidance and Self Directedness (Peirson & Heuchert, 2001;Richter, Eisemann, & Richter, 2000), as also noted among medical students (Tanaka, Mizuna, Fukuda, & Watanabe (2010).…”

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“…The use of the TCI in different contexts of psychological research has also increased in the past 15 years and many studies have indicated high construct validity across populations (Brändström, Richter, & Przybeck, 2001). It has also been used before in different groups in South Africa (e.g., Peirson, & Heuchert, 2001;Lochner, Simeon, Niehaus, & Stein, 2002).…”

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Personality and Mental Health: An Investigation of South African Police Trainees

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The relationship between personality and mental health was investigated in one cohort of police trainees at a South African police academy (1,145 police recruits; 648 men, 497 women). Male trainees reported less somatisation, depression, anxiety, and phobic anxiety symptoms and lower harm avoidance as well as higher persistence than female trainees. A cluster analysis based on the personality scores was used to identify three clusters with personality profiles characterized as Vulnerable, Healthy, and Intermediate profiles. Sociodemographic variables and temperament and character domain scores contributed separately and differentially to the explanation of variance in mental health symptom scores. Selection tools should be developed to identify vulnerable individuals in terms of personality characteristics during selection and prior to training, to prevent later problems with stress reactions. Additional training modules focusing on coping skills could possibly reduce vulnerability to stress in some trainees.

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“…According to the TCI cut-off scores for a normal community-based sample, the South African pilot sample scored in the following categories for the three temperament typologies: HA -average, NS -high average and RD -average. Peirson and Heuchert (2001) utilised the TCI on a South African student sample (n = 472) and found the following mean scores on the seven dimensions: NS (20.70), HA (16.11), RD (15.52), P (4.58), SD (26.33), C (31.76) and ST (18.29). The mean scores compared favourably between the student samples.…”

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“…The three character dimensions Self-Directedness (SD), Cooperativeness (C) and Self-Transcendence (ST) include both a cognitive perspective about self/non-self boundaries and an emotional perspective, and reflect individual differences in self concepts as related to the social dimension of experiences (Peirson & Heuchert, 2001). According to Cloninger et al (1994), SD relates to the extent to which a person identifies the self as an autonomous individual and refers to their selfdetermination, self maturation and the ability to achieve aims in line with personal goals.…”

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Temperament and Character Correlates of Neuropsychological Performance

Cassimjee

Murphy

2010

South African Journal of Psychology

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We investigate the association between temperament and character dimensions, on the one hand, and computerised neuropsychological test performance, on the other hand. Temperament and character dimensions were operationalised as scores on the subscales of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), a 240-item measure that is based on the psychobiological theory of personality. Neuropsychological outcomes were measured on six computerised tests of executive functioning and abstract reasoning from the University of Pennsylvania Computerised Neuropsychological Test Battery (PennCNP). The executive and abstract reasoning tasks included a test of Motor Praxis (MPRAXIS), the Penn Abstraction, Inhibition and Working Memory Task (AIM), the Letter-N-Back (LNB2), the Penn Conditional Exclusion Task (PCET), the Penn Short Logical Reasoning Task (SPVRT) and the Short Raven's Progressive Matrices (SRAVEN). Results from this exploratory study yielded significant associations between neuropsychological performance and temperament and character traits. The temperament traits of Harm Avoidance and Reward Dependence were positively correlated with reaction time on the AIM and the SPVRT. The character dimension of Self-Transcendence was significantly associated with performance accuracy on the AIM and the temperament dimension of Novelty Seeking was inversely related to performance accuracy on the LNB2. These results confirm the importance of addressing the temperament and character correlates of neuropsychological performance in both clinical and non-clinical studies.Keywords: character; executive functioning; neuropsychology; personality; psychobiological theory; temperament Research (Ardila, 2005;Byrd, Sanchez, & Manly, 2005; De Bruin, De Bruin, Dercksen, & CilliersHartslief, 2005;Hsieh & Tori, 2007;Nell, 2007;Rosselli & Ardila, 2003;Shuttleworth-Edwards, Kemp, Rust, Muirhead, Hartman, & Radloff, 2004;Uzzell, 2007) has shown that neuropsychological test performance is influenced by an array of diverse variables such as socio-demographic (e.g. gender, age); socio-cultural (e.g. education, language); and ecological variables (e.g. verbal, nonverbal and performance content). Studies that focus on the relationship between personality and/or temperament and neuropsychological test performance are scant.For the purposes of this investigation, personality is operationalised using Cloninger's psychobiological theory of personality (Cloninger, Svrakic, & Przybeck, 1993). This theory proposes a comprehensive personality model based on the interaction between temperament and character. It postulates four temperament and three character dimensions. Harm Avoidance (HA), Novelty Seeking (NS), Reward Dependence (RD) and Persistence (P) are the temperament dimensions, which regulate automatic emotional reactions and are considered reflections of individual differences in percept based habits and skills (neuro-biological dimension). The dimension of behavioural activation (NS) reflects the tendency toward exhilaration/impulsivity in response ...

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The relationship between personality and mood: comparison of the BDI and the TCI

Cited by 68 publications

References 24 publications

Associations between Cloninger's temperament dimensions and acute tobacco withdrawal

Associations between Cloninger's temperament dimensions and acute tobacco withdrawal

Personality and Mental Health: An Investigation of South African Police Trainees

Temperament and Character Correlates of Neuropsychological Performance

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