Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.
J Affect Disord. 2020 Jan 1;260:458-462. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.034. Epub 2019 Sep 9.
To assess psychometric proprieties of the short version of TEMPS-M in an Italian clinical sample of patients with bipolar disorder type I (BDI), type II (BDI) or cyclothymic disorder (CYC).
All participants were recruited in two Italian university sites. They were asked to complete the Italian version of the short TEMPS-M, consisting of 35 items on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5. The factorial structure of the instrument was assessed by principal components analysis with varimax rotation. The reliability of the subscales was assessed with Cronbach's alpha.
The 815 recruited patients had a diagnosis of BDI (430), CYC (227) or BDII (158); 60% of them were female and with a mean age of 44.4 (±14.6) years. Cronbach's alpha coefficients of subscales ranged from 0.808 to 0.898. The factor analysis confirmed five dimensions (depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable, anxious), as in the English version of the scale. All temperaments were more represented in CYC than in BDI patients. Depressive and anxious temperaments were more represented in BDII than in BDI; the hyperthymic temperament was represented more in BDI than in BDII patients.
No other assessment instrument was used as a reference to assess the external or predictive validity of TEMPS-M; several socio-demographic and clinical characteristics have not been assessed.
The Italian version of the short TEMPS-M shows good reliability and validity. It might be used in clinical and research settings, for the dimensional exploration of the investigated domains.
评估 TEMPS-M 短版在意大利单相双相障碍（BDI）、双相障碍 II 型（BDI）或环性心境障碍（CYC）患者临床样本中的心理测量特性。
所有参与者均在意大利两个大学地点招募。他们被要求完成 TEMPS-M 意大利语短版，该版本由 35 个项目组成，采用 1 到 5 的 5 点李克特量表。通过最大方差旋转的主成分分析评估仪器的因子结构。使用 Cronbach 的 alpha 评估子量表的可靠性。
招募的 815 名患者被诊断为 BDI（430 例）、CYC（227 例）或 BDII（158 例）；其中 60%为女性，平均年龄为 44.4（±14.6）岁。子量表的 Cronbach 的 alpha 系数范围为 0.808 至 0.898。因子分析证实了五个维度（抑郁、环性、躁狂、易怒、焦虑），与量表的英文版本相同。在 CYC 中，所有的气质都比 BDI 患者更具代表性。在 BDII 中，抑郁和焦虑气质比 BDI 患者更具代表性；在 BDI 患者中，躁狂气质的代表性更强。
没有使用其他评估工具来评估 TEMPS-M 的外部或预测效度；没有评估几个社会人口学和临床特征。
TEMPS-M 意大利语短版具有良好的信度和效度。它可能用于临床和研究环境，用于研究领域的维度探索。
