Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2019.308

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS, PISA, PARIS, AND SAN DIEGO-AUTO-QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ADOLESCENTS (A-TEMPS-A) IN A SERBIAN SAMPLE

Jelena Jović ; Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Prishtina - Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Darko Hinić orcid.org/0000-0002-9922-6477 ; Faculty of Science, Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Aleksandar Ćorac ; Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Prishtina - Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Hagop S. Akiskal ; International Mood Disorders Center, University of California, San Diego, USA
Kareen Akiskal ; International Mood Disorders Center, University of California, San Diego, USA
Icro Maremmani ; Department of Psychiatry, Santa Chiara University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy & “G. De Lisio”, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Pisa, Italy
Dina Popović ; Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel & Bipolar Disorders Program, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Dragana Ristić-Ignjatović ; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

Abstract

Background: Previous studies suggest that temperament features of adolescents may be good predictors of the development of future psychopathology in this population. The aim of the study was to adapt the content and validate the psychometric properties of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego - Auto questionnaire in a sample of Serbian adolescents.
Subjects and methods: The sample included 2113 adolescents, 56% girls and 44% boys, average age 16.73±0.47, attending 48 Serbian secondary schools. The base for the development of this scale included Serbian standardised versions as well as the TEMPSI, Interview version.
Results: The final scale is comprised of 36 items, with six factors (depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable, and anxiouscognitive/ somatic) explaining 39.9% of the total variance, the internal consistency coefficient α=0.77, and the average test–retest coefficient (rho=0.84). The correlations among the temperaments ranged from weak to moderate, with the highest positive correlations between the depressive, cyclothymic and anxious scales. The highest values were detected on hyperthymic and the lowest on depressive temperament. Significantly higher scores of depressive, cyclothymic and anxious temperaments were detected in girls, whereas boys had higher scores on the hyperthymic scale.
Conclusions: The scale has shown good psychometric properties, which encourages its further use in adolescent population. The results show certain specific features of this population, such as higher scores on all temperament types than the ones in student and adult population and a tendency of socially desirable answers.

Keywords

adolescent population; psychometric properties; temperament; TEMPS-A

Hrčak ID:

235252

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/235252

Publication date:

7.10.2019.

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