Standardization of the TEMPS-A in the Greek general population
Autor: | Zoltan Rihmer, Leonardo Tondo, Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis, Panagiotis Panagiotidis, Katerina Moutou, Eirini Mavridou, Hagop S. Akiskal, Antonio Preti, Kareen K. Akiskal, Melina Siamouli, Xenia Gonda, Matina Magiria, Marina Kemeridou, Elena Batsiari, Eleonora Pantoula, Efimia Loli |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male Percentile media_common.quotation_subject Population symbols.namesake Surveys and Questionnaires Validation Statistics Covariate Humans Raw score Greek translation Temperament education Aged Language media_common education.field_of_study Greece Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Reference Standards TEMPS Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient Confirmatory factor analysis Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Greek language symbols Female Factor Analysis Statistical Psychology |
Zdroj: | Journal of Affective Disorders. 158:19-29 |
ISSN: | 0165-0327 |
Popis: | Background The current study evaluates the reliability and factor-structure replicability of the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) in its Greek Version. Methods The TEMPS-A was administered to a convenient sample of 734 subjects from the general Greek population (436 females; 59.4% and 298 males; 40.6%). Their mean age was 40.80±11.48 years (range 25–67 years). The analysis included the calculation of Chronbach's alpha, the calculation of the threshold to define dominant temperaments (+2 standard deviations or 95th percentile), confirmatory factor analysis and the calculation of Pearson correlation coefficients between the temperament scales scores. Analysis of Covariance with age as covariate and post-hoc t -test was used to search for differences in temperament scores between males and females. Also a table of percentile values corresponding to a raw score was created. Results Internal consistency was excellent for the various temperaments (0.72–0.88). The factor analysis confirmed the five factor solution as the best factor solution. All TEMPS items were included in the final version of the scale in the Greek language. Limitations The study sample included subjects from the general population, but it is a convenient and not representative sample. Although the authors tried to select them on the basis of being mentally healthy and without a psychiatric history, there is always a degree of uncertainty. There is also always the possibility some of them to manifest a mental disorder in the future, thus being currently in a premorbid state. Conclusion The Greek version of the TEMPS-A, has good internal consistency and factor structure similar to what was found in other translations. Overall our results are in accord with the literature and in line with theoretical considerations as well as with empirical evidence. |
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