Temperament and character traits in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder: A case–control study

Zappitelli, Marcelo Cardoso; Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos; Hatch, John P.; Caetano, Sheila C.; Zunta-Soares, Giovana; Olvera, Rene L.; Soares, Jair C.

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.10.009

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“…Children with high harm avoidance are more likely have internalizing problems, even though the severity of ADHD symptoms and other temperament factors are considered. These findings are similar to those reported on children and adolescents with major depressive disorders, which is related to pessimism, uncertainty, shyness, and fatigability [27,28].…”

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Temperament and Character Profiles Associated with Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Kang

Kwack

2019

Psychiatry Investig

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Objective This study aimed to identify temperament and character profiles associated with internalizing and externalizing problems in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods Children with ADHD (n=114, 8.51±1.87 years) were selected from the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Jeju National University Hospital. They were diagnosed by Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version and evaluated using the Advanced Test of Attention and Korean Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition. Their parents completed the ADHD Rating Scale, Korean-Child Behavioral Checklist, and Junior Temperament and Character Inventory. Results The participants with both internalizing and externalizing problem had more severe ADHD symptoms and significantly higher novelty seeking, harm avoidance, and self-transcendence, as well as lower self-directedness and cooperativeness than those who had not comorbid problems. Harm avoidance was correlated with their level of internalizing problems regardless of severity of ADHD symptoms. In addition, novelty seeking and sex (male) were being associated with the level of externalizing problems. Conclusion Differences were observed in the temperament and character profiles of children with ADHD according to their comorbid psychopathology. Results suggested that temperament and character profiles may affect the comorbid psychopathology in children with ADHD regardless of ADHD symptom severity.

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Temperament and Character Profiles Associated with Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Kang

Kwack

2019

Psychiatry Investig

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“…Depressive symptoms in adolescence are of concern because of its association with long-term health outcomes ( Costello et al, 2008 , Keenan-Miller et al, 2007 , Ramiro et al, 2013 ), the emergence of major depressive disorders ( Georgiades, Lewinsohn, Monroe, & Seeley, 2006 ), and their overall developmental significance. Poor mental health in adolescence impedes the development of social, cognitive, and psychological competencies that predict adaptation in young adulthood ( Diamantopoulou et al, 2011 , Zappitelli et al, 2013 ). Findings from studies in diverse samples (i.e., North American, European and South American) consistently reveal a high prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents ( Abela and Hankin, 2011 , Cumsille and Martínez, 1997 , De la Barra et al, 2012 , Roberts et al, 1995 ).…”

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Parental and individual predictors of trajectories of depressive symptoms in Chilean adolescents

Cumsille

Martínez

Rodríguez

et al. 2015

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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Depressive symptoms are prevalent in adolescence, but not all adolescents experience the same level or evolution of symptoms, suggesting the need to identify differences in trajectories of symptoms. We used Growth Mixture Modeling to analyze different trajectories of depressive symptoms in a sample of 1,072 Chilean adolescents (12-15 years old, 54% female). First, a baseline model was selected and then adolescent irritability, maternal warmth, demandingness and disrespect were introduced to the model as predictors of class membership. Four latent class trajectories of depressive symptoms were identified: high persistent (12%), low stable (56%), high decreasing (15%) and low increasing (17%). Low stable was the most prevalent class, and was characterized by higher maternal warmth and lower maternal disrespect and adolescent irritability while high persistent was characterized by the opposite maternal characteristics. Significant gender differences in class membership were observed. The results highlight the importance of identifying different trajectories of depressive symptoms and specific predictors of each trajectory. The association of parenting dimensions with trajectories of persistent depressive symptoms provides evidence that parenting can serve as both a protective and risk factor for adolescent adjustment.

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“…This hypothesis derives by the evidence reported by previous studies in both healthy (19) and depressed (20) adolescents, which showed the key role of creatine’s modulation in brain energy metabolism. Furthermore, since Kondo et al (20) also found that creatine levels within the frontal lobe were inversely associated with depressive symptoms, we expect that PCr+Cre levels will be more likely be associated with SD, a personality trait consistently found associated with depression (21, 22).…”

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The Assertive Brain: Anterior Cingulate Phosphocreatine plus Creatine Levels Correlate With Self-Directedness in Healthy Adolescents

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Despite various advances in the study of the neurobiological underpinnings of personality traits, the specific neural correlates associated with character and temperament traits are not yet fully understood. Therefore, this study aims to fill this gap by exploring the biochemical basis of personality, which is explored with the temperament and character inventory (TCI), during brain development in a sample of adolescents. Twenty-six healthy adolescents (aged between 13 and 21 years; 9 males and 18 females) with behavioral and emotional problems underwent a TCI evaluation and a 3T single-voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) acquisition of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Absolute metabolite levels were estimated using LCModel: significant correlations between metabolite levels and selective TCI scales were identified. Specifically, phosphocreatine plus creatine (PCr+Cre) significantly correlated with self-directedness, positively, and with a self-transcendence (ST), negatively, while glycerophosphocholine plus phosphocholine (GPC+PC) and myo-inositol negatively correlated with ST. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study reporting associations of brain metabolites with personality traits in adolescents. Therefore, our results represent a step forward for personality neuroscience within the study of biochemical systems and brain structures.

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Temperament and character traits in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder: A case–control study

Cited by 17 publications

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Temperament and Character Profiles Associated with Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Temperament and Character Profiles Associated with Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Parental and individual predictors of trajectories of depressive symptoms in Chilean adolescents

The Assertive Brain: Anterior Cingulate Phosphocreatine plus Creatine Levels Correlate With Self-Directedness in Healthy Adolescents

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