Nakato Yasuya, Inoue Takeshi, Nakagawa Shin, Kitaichi Yuji, Kameyama Rie, Wakatsuki Yumi, Kitagawa Kan, Omiya Yuki, Kusumi Ichiro
Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo.
Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo; Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016 Aug 25;12:2173-9. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S97796. eCollection 2016.
The Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Auto-questionnaire (TEMPS-A) is a 110-item questionnaire that assesses five affective temperaments. However, a valid shortened version is desired for large-scale investigations to enhance the compliance of respondents.
A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted among 320 psychiatric patients and 61 general adults. The participants completed the Japanese 39-item short version of the TEMPS-A, and a portion of the participants completed the 110-item version. An exploratory factor analysis with the principal factor method and varimax rotation was conducted to identify a more suitable model of the short version of the TEMPS-A.
The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the 39-item version exhibited a poor model fit. However, we found that the 18-item version exhibited a firm five-factor structure based on the exploratory factor analysis, and this model exhibited an acceptable model fit. It had good or acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's αs: 0.672-0.819).
The majority of the subjects in the present study were patients, and the temperament data may have been affected by psychiatric symptoms.
A firm five-factor structure was not found in the 39-item short version of the Japanese TEMPS-A. Therefore, an 18-item version was proposed. This new 18-item version of the TEMPS-A might be useful for clinical applications and large-scale investigations.
孟菲斯、比萨、巴黎和圣地亚哥自动问卷气质评估量表（TEMPS-A）是一份包含110个条目的问卷，用于评估五种情感气质类型。然而，对于大规模调查而言，需要一个有效的简化版本以提高受访者的依从性。
对320名精神科患者和61名普通成年人进行了验证性因素分析。参与者完成了日语版39个条目的TEMPS-A简化版，部分参与者还完成了110个条目的版本。采用主成分分析法和方差最大化旋转进行探索性因素分析，以确定更适合的TEMPS-A简化版模型。
验证性因素分析显示，39个条目版本的模型拟合不佳。然而，通过探索性因素分析发现，18个条目版本呈现出稳定的五因素结构，且该模型的拟合度可接受。其内部一致性良好或可接受（克隆巴赫α系数：0.672 - 0.819）。
本研究中的大多数受试者为患者，气质数据可能受到精神症状的影响。
日语版TEMPS-A的39个条目简化版未发现稳定的五因素结构。因此，提出了18个条目版本。这个新的18个条目版本的TEMPS-A可能对临床应用和大规模调查有用。
