Temperament and Character Inventory

AbstractWe applied the temperament and character inventory (TCI) personality questionnaire in 41 inpatients dependent on metamphetamine, and 35 controls. Novelty seeking, harm avoidance and self-transcendence were significantly higher, and persistence, self-directedness and cooperativeness were significantly lower in the patients than in the healthy volunteers. The detected differences may be important for prevention and treatment.

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The Relations Between Temperament, Character, and Executive Functions in Children With ADHD and Clinical Controls

Journal of Attention Disorders ◽

10.1177/1087054715583356 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (8) ◽

pp. 764-775 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Renate Drechsler ◽

Marina Zulauf Logoz ◽

Susanne Walitza ◽

Hans-Christoph Steinhausen

Keyword(s):

Executive Functions ◽

Emotional Control ◽

Behavior Rating ◽

Behavioral Regulation ◽

Temperament And Character Inventory ◽

Children With Adhd ◽

Oppositional Defiant ◽

Adhd Children ◽

Behavior Rating Inventory ◽

Character Inventory

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the overlap between executive functions and temperament as measured by two questionnaires and to examine characteristic profiles in children with ADHD and clinical controls. Method: Parents of 111 clinically referred children, half of whom were diagnosed with ADHD and half with other or no diagnoses, completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) and the Cloninger Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (JTCI). Results: Factor analysis of both instruments resulted in three common factors representing aspects of (1) cognitive regulation, (2) behavioral regulation, and (3) anxious/rigid tendencies. Factor (4) represented strengths and positive resources and loaded on JTCI scales only. Both instruments discriminated significantly between ADHD and non-ADHD children. Conduct disorder/oppositional defiant disorder (CD/ODD) but not ADHD accounted for problems in BRIEF Emotional Control and Self-Monitor and JTCI low Cooperativeness. Conclusion: The two instruments only partially overlap and may complement each other.

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Severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms is Related to Self-Directedness Character Trait in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

CNS Spectrums ◽

10.1017/s1092852900002789 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 607-612 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Carlos Cruz-Fuentes ◽

Claudia Blas ◽

Laura Gonzalez ◽

Beatriz Camarena ◽

Humberto Nicolini

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Rating Scales ◽

Character Trait ◽

Depression And Anxiety ◽

Temperament And Character Inventory ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Behavioral Features ◽

Character Inventory

ABSTRACT:Objective:The present study examined the psychobiological Temperament and Character model of personality on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients, as well as the relation of temperament and/or character dimensions on the severity of obsessive-compubive symptoms.Methods:Fifty-four subjects diagnosed with OCD, were assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive scale and the Hamilton Rating Scales for depression and anxiety.Results:Compared with controls, OCD subjects displayed increased harm avoidance and lower self-directedness and cooperativeness. Low self-directedness and high Hamilton depression scores were associated with increased severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.Conclusions:The Temperament and Character profile of OCD patients characterized in the present stud personality model and can be linked to some of their behavioral features. Furthermore, our data provides support of the influence that some personality traits may have on the severity of OCD symptoms.

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