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Confirmation of the factorial structure of temperamental autoquestionnaire TEMPS-A in non-clinical young adults and relation to current state of anxiety, depression and to schizotypal traits
- Source :
- Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Affective Disorders, Elsevier, 2011, 131 (1-3), pp.37-44. ⟨10.1016/j.jad.2011.01.008⟩, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2011, 131 (1-3), pp.37-44. ⟨10.1016/j.jad.2011.01.008⟩, J Affect Disord, J Affect Disord, 2011, 131 (1-3), pp.37-44. 〈10.1016/j.jad.2011.01.008〉
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2011.
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Abstract
- Background The 39-item TEMPS-A self-rated questionnaire assesses affective temperaments. We examined the factorial structure of its French version in a large sample of young adults and examined the relation to schizotypy, depression and anxiety. Method University students were enrolled during their mandatory preventive health visit in the University medical facility (n = 3807, 19.9 ± 2.5 y.o.). They answered to the 39-TEMPS-A questionnaire, the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) and the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). We performed an exploratory Factorial Component Analysis (FCA) with varimax rotation of the 39-TEMPS-A in half of the sample, randomly selected, followed by a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in the remaining subsample. TEMPS-A dimensions were correlated to HADS and SPQ sub-scores. Results A five-factor structure was found by PCA and confirmed by the confirmatory analysis. The scale showed a good internal consistency (whole scale Cronbach's α: 0.83 and from 0.78 to 0.59 for Cyclothymic, Depressive , Irritable , Hyperthymi c, Anxiou s subscales). Depressive and Anxious TEMPS-A subscales were moderately correlated to HADS Depression and Anxiety subscales (Spearman ρ = 0.37 to 0.33). Cyclothymic and Depressive TEMPS-A subscales were respectively correlated to SPQ Paranoid (ρ = 0.53) and Negative dimensions (ρ = 0.52). Limitation Representativity of the sample (higher education, response rate). Conclusion We confirmed the five factor structure of the 39-item TEMPS-A in a large non-clinical population of young adults and found consistent correlations with anxiety — depression state markers and schizotypal traits.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Personality Inventory
Schizotypy
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
[ SCCO.PSYC ] Cognitive science/Psychology
Anxiety
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cronbach's alpha
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Temperament
education
Psychiatry
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
media_common
education.field_of_study
Depression
Reproducibility of Results
medicine.disease
Schizotypal personality disorder
Confirmatory factor analysis
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology
Female
medicine.symptom
Personality Assessment Inventory
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01650327 and 15732517
- Volume :
- 131
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3308d67c03fcb085fb3201e99815b629
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.01.008