title: Effect of temperaments on quality of life and social adaptation in depressive patients with mood disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of temperament on quality of life and social adaptation in depressive patients with mood disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six consecutive depressive outpatients were investigated by using the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-Autoquestionnaire version, the Munich Personality Test, the World Health Organization Quality of Life 26 (WHO QOL 26), and the Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale (SASS). The unpaired t-test, Pearson's r and multiple regression analysis were used to assess three variables (age, the number of temperaments and/or personality types, and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores) as independent variables with the scores of WHO QOL 26 and SASS as the dependent variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of temperaments and/or personalities and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores were significantly and negatively associated with WHO QOL 26 scores while only the number of temperaments and/or personalities was significantly and negatively associated with SASS scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that the combination of temperaments and/or personality types assessed with the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-Autoquestionnaire version and the Munich Personality Test may worsen both quality of life and social adaptation and that some temperaments and/or personality types in combination may be subclinical manifestations of mood disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terao
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoaki
authors.forename: Yumei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013694:Temperament