title: Affective temperaments and psychopathological dimensions of personality in bipolar and cyclothymic patients.
abstract: The aims of the study were: (1) to study possible associations between temperament, personality dimensions, and psychopathological variables in a clinical sample of euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and cyclothymia; and (2) to assess how Cloninger's temperament and personality dimensions were associated with affective temperaments. Participants, consisting of 60 patients with BD (type I or II) and cyclothymia in the euthymic phase, completed Akiskal's Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego-Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A), and Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory-revised version (TCI-R). The diagnostic groups differed in past hospitalization, for age at onset of the disorder, and on two affective temperaments: the TEMPS-A Hyperthymia, and the TEMPS-A Irritability. There were six significant associations between affective temperaments and Cloninger's personality dimensions, ranging from 0.26 to 0.54. The measures of Akiskal and of Cloninger tap common behavioral features in patients with bipolar disorder and cyclothymia, yet the differences indicate that the two measures are not redundant. BD and cyclothymic patients differed significantly in temperament and personality, differences that may have important implications for treatment.
authors: Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. maurizio.pompili@uniroma1.it
authors: Désirée
authors: D
authors: Harnic
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Pompili
authors: Marianna
authors: M
authors: Mazza
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Innamorati
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Di Nicola
authors: Valeria
authors: V
authors: Catalano
authors: Angelo
authors: A
authors: Bruschi
authors: Diletta
authors: D
authors: Del Bono
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Forte
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Lester
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Girardi
authors: Pietro
authors: P
authors: Bria
authors: Luigi
authors: L
authors: Janiri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D003527:Cyclothymic Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D013694:Temperament