Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
J Affect Disord. 2015 Jan 1;170:23-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.08.026. Epub 2014 Aug 27.
The self-rated auto-questionnaire, the Temperament Scale of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego (TEMPS-A) is the latest development in the study of temperamental attributes. It has been used and validated in different cultures and countries. The current study aims at validating the Chinese (Cantonese) version of the TEMPS-A and comparing the psychometric properties of the long and short forms of the translated scale.
The Chinese (Cantonese) version of TEMPS-A was prepared with the standard translation and back-translation method, and approved by the original authors (HSA & KKA). It was administered to medical students of the two local universities, and results were analyzed.
613 valid questionnaires were returned. The Cronbach-Alpha coefficients for the depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable and anxious temperament subscales were 0.63, 0.82, 0.78, 0.80, and 0.84, respectively. The strongest correlation was observed between the cyclothymic and irritable temperaments (R=0.600). Factor analysis yielded one large composite (depressive and anxious) and four homogenous factors, cyclothymic, anxious, hyperthymic and irritable. A newly reconstituted 43-item short form, based on methods suggested by the original authors yielded similar factor structure.
The narrow age range of subjects somewhat limits generalization of the results. However, external and concurrent validations against other validated scales have been demonstrated for the original English versions as well as against the most commonly used languages of the world; furthermore, such validation has also been demonstrated for Chinese (Mandarin).
The Chinese (Cantonese) version of TEMPS-A and the reconstituted 43-item short form were found to have good internal consistency and factor structures comparable to those of other languages from diverse cultures across the planet. We propose that the Cantonese TEMPS-A is a useful tool for local use.
自我评定问卷、孟菲斯、比萨、巴黎和圣地亚哥气质量表（TEMPS-A）是气质属性研究的最新进展。它已在不同的文化和国家中使用和验证。本研究旨在验证 TEMPS-A 的中文（粤语）版本，并比较翻译量表的长式和短式的心理测量特性。
采用标准翻译和回译方法，准备 TEMPS-A 的中文（粤语）版本，并由原作者（HSA 和 KKA）批准。它被用于两所本地大学的医学生，对结果进行了分析。
共收回 613 份有效问卷。抑郁、环性、高躁狂、易怒和焦虑气质分量表的 Cronbach-Alpha 系数分别为 0.63、0.82、0.78、0.80 和 0.84。环性和易怒气质之间观察到最强的相关性（R=0.600）。因素分析产生了一个大的复合（抑郁和焦虑）和四个同质因素，即环性、焦虑、高躁狂和易怒。根据原作者建议的方法重新构建的 43 项简短形式，产生了相似的因素结构。
研究对象的年龄范围较窄，在一定程度上限制了结果的推广。然而，原始英语版本以及对世界上使用最广泛的语言的外部和同时验证已经证明了这种有效性；此外，还对中文（普通话）进行了验证。
发现 TEMPS-A 的中文（粤语）版本和重新构建的 43 项简短形式具有良好的内部一致性和因子结构，与来自不同文化的其他语言的因子结构相当。我们建议粤语 TEMPS-A 是一种有用的本地工具。
