Ristić-Ignjatović Dragana, Hinić Darko, Bessonov Daniel, Akiskal Hagop S, Akiskal Kareen K, Ristić Branko
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.
Psychology Department, State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia.
J Affect Disord. 2014 Aug;164:43-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.04.005. Epub 2014 Apr 15.
This study represents the standardisation of the Serbian version of the TEMPS-A scale on non-clinical adult population, as well as external validation with TCI-R scale of temperaments which has already been evaluated on Serbian population.
The TEMPS-A has been administered to 570 healthy adults without histories of mental disorders, 47% male, 53% female, aged between 20 and 76 (M=35.55; SD=14.14). In line with the state census data, the sampling was partially stratified according to gender, age categories, education and regional area of the participants.
In contrast to many other studies, six factors were extracted herein, including 41 items with loadings above .50, explaining 44.40% of the total variance. The internal consistency of the scale was α=.83, and the average test-retest coefficient (rho=.82) indicates a stable reliability. The highest positive correlations were obtained between the depressive and cyclothymic scales, depressive and anxious scales, and cyclothymic with anxious scales. The highest values were detected on hyperthymic and the lowest on depressive temperament. The highest positive correlations were reported between harm avoidance (measured by the TCI-R) and depressive, anxious, cyclothymic temperament, and between novelty seeking and hyperthymic temperament. The highest negative correlation was detected between harm avoidance and hyperthymic. Finally, females scored higher on depressive, cyclothymic and anxious, while males scored higher on hyperthymic temperament.
The participants׳ educational background was slightly higher than that of the general population of Serbia. Since the scale is aimed at its administration in clinical population as well, it is necessary that its structure and validity be also tested on specific clinical subpopulations in the future.
The current study is significant in having confirmed that the TEMPS-A can be reliably and validly used in identifying affective temperaments in the adult nonclinical population in Serbia, which provides the basis and norms for future comparisons with clinical subpopulations.
本研究旨在对非临床成年人群的塞尔维亚语版TEMPS - A量表进行标准化，并使用已在塞尔维亚人群中进行过评估的气质TCI - R量表进行外部验证。
对570名无精神障碍病史的健康成年人施测TEMPS - A量表，其中男性占47%，女性占53%，年龄在20至76岁之间（M = 35.55；SD = 14.14）。根据国家人口普查数据，抽样在一定程度上按照参与者的性别、年龄类别、教育程度和地区进行分层。
与许多其他研究不同，本研究提取了六个因素，包括41个载荷高于0.50的项目，解释了总方差的44.40%。该量表的内部一致性为α = 0.83，平均重测系数（rho = 0.82）表明具有稳定的信度。抑郁量表与环性心境量表、抑郁量表与焦虑量表、环性心境量表与焦虑量表之间的正相关性最高。在轻躁狂气质上得分最高，在抑郁气质上得分最低。在伤害回避（通过TCI - R测量）与抑郁、焦虑、环性心境气质之间，以及新奇寻求与轻躁狂气质之间报告了最高的正相关性。在伤害回避与轻躁狂之间检测到最高的负相关性。最后，女性在抑郁、环性心境和焦虑气质上得分较高，而男性在轻躁狂气质上得分较高。
参与者的教育背景略高于塞尔维亚的一般人群。由于该量表也旨在用于临床人群，未来有必要在特定临床亚人群中测试其结构和效度。
本研究的重要意义在于证实了TEMPS - A量表可可靠且有效地用于识别塞尔维亚成年非临床人群中的情感气质，为未来与临床亚人群进行比较提供了基础和规范。
