The reliability and validity of the junior temperament and character inventory

Lyoo, In Kyoon; Han, Chang Hwan; Lee, Soo Jin; Yune, Sook Kyeong; Ha, Ji Hyun; Chung, Sun Joo; Choi, Hyun-Soo; Seo, Cheon Seok; Hong, Kang-E

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.12.002

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“…When all of the temperament and character subscales were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis with an original fixed six-factor solution, the results did not successfully extract a six-factor solution. The similar results were observed in studies of J-TCI in a Korean sample and adult TCI studies with Turkish and American samples [5][6][7]13]. These findings suggest an alternative hypothesis: temperament and character traits may be less fully developed in younger than in older children.…”

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“…The results indicated three temperament factors and two character factors were similar to Lyoo et al [13] and Vangerbg Table 6. Test-retest correlations (baseline and one month) for temperament and character scales and subscales (n = 795).…”

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“…Previous J-TCI validation studies with Norwegian and Korean samples extracted three and four-factor solutions for temperament scales and three-factor solutions for character scales [12,13]. Those studies, however, rather than extracting a six or seven-factor solution for all the subscales, reported separate factor analysis for temperament and character subscales due to non-linear relations between temperament and character that invalidate the assumptions of linear factor analysis [13].…”

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“…Junior versions of the TCI for children and adolescents are as yet less widely employed [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Out of these studies, using a representative Korean sample (663 middle-school students, 360 males and 303 females), Lyoo et al [13] examined the reliability and validity of Junior version of the TCI, with Cronbach's alpha values ranging from 0.48 to 0.80 for the temperament and from 0.64 to 0.68 for the character scales. Factorial analysis revealed three out of four temperament scales and three factors of three character scales.…”

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Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised

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Kaya

et al. 2017

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Objective: Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (J-TCI) was developed by Luby, Svrakic, McCallum, Przybeck, and Cloninger based on Cloninger's biopsychosocial model to assess temperament and character dimensions in children and adolescents. Methods: The Turkish version of J-TCI-Revised (J-TCI-R) was administered to 1129 elementary and middle-school (male/female, 546/583) students. Internal consistency reliabilities were measured by Cronbach's alpha; test-retest was assessed across one month. Results: Cronbach's alphas for the subscales of J-TCI-R ranged from 0.60 to 0.75 for temperament and character subscales, which were comparable to US and other populations. The correlations between baseline and one month after administration of J-TCI-R were highly and statistically significant (r = 0.578-0.674 for scales and 0.366-0.582 for subscales) (n = 795). Factor analysis results using Eigenvalue greater than one rule indicated three out of four factors for temperament scales and one out of two factors for character subscales which were similar to findings from the other countries. When all of the subscales were subjected to factor analysis, four out of six factors were retained. To our knowledge, this is the first study analysing psychometric properties and factorial construct of the J-TCI-R. Conclusions: The internal reliability coefficients and test-retest indicated a good stability of scores over time and the factorial structure was consistent with Cloninger's model of personality. The reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the TCI is therefore supported. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Normative data and factorial structure of the Turkish version of the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised

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“…For adult diagnoses, we used the VSDI conducted individually with each parent. (Cloninger, Przybeck, Svrakic, & Wetzel, 1994;Cloninger, Svrakic, & Przybeck, 1993) and its downward extension, the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory (JTCI) which has shown good reliability and validity (Luby, Svrakic, McCallum, Przybeck, & Cloninger, 1999;Lyoo et al, 2004). The JTCI, which was used to evaluate child temperament, consists of 108 statements that the respondent rates as true or false based on how the person usually acts and feels.…”

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Exploring the boundary between temperament and generalized anxiety disorder: A receiver operating characteristic analysis

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Studies of individuals with an increased tendency to experience negative emotions such as fear, sadness, and anger have documented links between this temperamental trait and anxiety disorders. There exists debate, however, concerning the degree to which high levels of a temperamental trait are a necessary and/or sufficient component of a DSM diagnosis. In this study, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses assessed the relations between levels of harm avoidance (HA) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) diagnoses in 334 children and their parents. Analyses revealed HA scores to be highly predictive of GAD diagnoses in children (AUC = .791, P <.001) and adults (AUC = .818, P <.001). However, there were many individuals with high HA scores who did not qualify for a GAD diagnosis. These findings suggest that while there are strong associations between HA and GAD, high levels of HA are neither necessary nor sufficient in the formation of clinically significant anxiety symptoms.

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