Temperament and character: prognostic factors in whiplash patients?

Pettersson, Kurt; Brändström, Sven; Toolanen, Göran; Hildingsson, Christer; Nylander, Per-Olof

doi:10.1007/s00586-004-0681-9

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“…6 The Swedish version of the TCI has been validated, and its reliability has been tested in clinical and non-clinical samples. 7,[9][10][11] Procedure All donors met with a doctor and a psychologist so that they could be evaluated for both physical and psychological status, and also so that they could be informed about the law.…”

Section: Temperament and Character Inventorymentioning

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Personality characteristics in a Swedish national sample of identifiable oocyte donors

Sydsjö

Lampic

Brändström

et al. 2011

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Amp; Gynaecology

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Objective To study the personality characteristics of identifiable oocyte donors in a national sample in comparison with normal values.Design Descriptive study.Setting All Swedish donation programmes.Sample In total, 181 women out of 221 donors recruited during 2005-2008. Methods Standardised questionnaires were used to measure personality characteristics.Main outcome measure Demographics, temperament and character inventory (TCI).Results The majority (69%) of the donors had biological children of their own. The results from the TCI indicate that the oocyte donors were all within the normal range of character. With regard to personality, a significant difference was evident between the two groups: oocyte donors showed lower means for harm avoidance and higher scores for persistence than the controls. This indicates that the donors felt less worried, and displayed a lower level of fear of uncertainty, shyness and fatiguability, and a higher level of persistence, than the controls. In the present sample, 29 (16%) of the donors were so-called 'known donors', that is the recipient couples and the donors were known to each other. 'Known donors' displayed a mature and stable character. ConclusionWe found that the women who had been accepted for inclusion in this nationwide oocyte donor programme were all well adjusted and mature.

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Section: Temperament and Character Inventorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality characteristics in a Swedish national sample of identifiable oocyte donors

Sydsjö

Lampic

Brändström

et al. 2011

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Amp; Gynaecology

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“…The article by Pettersson et al [14] reinforces the already well-demonstrated notion that psychological disorders frequently observed in chronic whiplash are secondary to the injury, as it often happens in chronic pain disorders. This is in keeping with the therapeutic recommendations of the systematic review: early physical activity and mobilization in the acute phase, and physical therapy with cognitive intervention in chronic patients as well, as an early legal settlement.…”

Section: Whiplash-associated Disordersmentioning

confidence: 63%

“…In the same issue of the Journal, Pettersson et al [14] have tested the temperament and character of whiplash patients in the acute phase and 2 years later. Data are compared with an age-and gender-matched control group.…”

Section: Whiplash-associated Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prevalence of low-back pain was evaluated in 204 children, and studied according to three residence zones: urban, suburban and rural. Other independent variables included age [11][12][13][14][15][16], sex, usual activity, time spent watching TV, and time spent walking to and from school. For statistical analysis, children were considered to have low-back pain if, in a validated selfquestionnaire translated into Portuguese, they reported having had several episodes of low-back pain which interfered with their usual activities.…”

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The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal Review

Benoist

2005

Eur Spine J

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“…There have been limited studies on the stability of temperament as measured with TCI, consisting of a 1-year follow-up with a non-clinical adult sample [31] , and a 2-year follow-up with a clinical adult sample [32] . Similarly, with regard to the stability of personality as measured by NEO, there have been 6-month and 6-year follow-up studies with non-clinical adults [33,34] , and 4-, 6-and 12-year follow-up studies with non-clinical samples of elder adults [35][36][37] .…”

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Six-Year Stability of Affective Temperaments as Measured by TEMPS-A

Kawamura¹,

Akiyama

Shimada³

et al. 2010

Psychopathology

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Background: A number of psychopathological and neurobiological studies on affective temperament have been conducted based on the assumption that temperament is a stable trait. However, few studies have actually assessed the long-term stability of affective temperament. The objective of this study is to evaluate the 6-year stability of affective temperaments as measured by the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego – Autoquestionnaire version (TEMPS-A) in a non-clinical adult population. Sampling and Methods: Study participants consisted of 178 Japanese white-collar workers (103 males and 75 females; mean age = 38.5 years, SD = 7.8) who completed the Japanese version of TEMPS-A twice over a 6-year interval, and who did not have either past or current DSM-IV affective, anxiety or psychotic disorders, as diagnosed with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. The long-term stability of affective temperaments as measured by TEMPS-A was assessed by analyzing Pearson correlation coefficients for temperament scores over a 6-year period. Results: Temperament scores were moderately to highly correlated over the 6-year period (depressive temperament, r = 0.59; cyclothymic temperament, r = 0.68; hyperthymic temperament, r = 0.82; irritable temperament, r = 0.66; anxious temperament, r = 0.74; p < 0.01 for all values). Pearson coefficients were in the range of 0.61–0.83 for males and 0.51–0.79 for females, while they were 0.56–0.85 for younger and 0.63–0.77 for older participants. All correlations were significant at p < 0.01, irrespective of temperament type, gender and age. Conclusions: Affective temperaments as measured by TEMPS-A exhibited good long-term stability and were robust, irrespective of temperament type, gender and age. Affective temperaments as measured by TEMPS-A may be considered to be stable traits, providing a sound basis for psychopathological and neurobiological studies. Limitations of this study include the fact that our sample was not drawn from the general community, it was entirely composed of Japanese participants and the size was not large.

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Temperament and character: prognostic factors in whiplash patients?

Abstract: self-directedness (SD), and CO (cooperativeness) and therefore in general are capable of coping with their somatic problems.

Cited by 21 publications

References 45 publications

Personality characteristics in a Swedish national sample of identifiable oocyte donors

Personality characteristics in a Swedish national sample of identifiable oocyte donors

The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal Review

Six-Year Stability of Affective Temperaments as Measured by TEMPS-A

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