title: Influence of temperament and character on resilience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of temperament and character on resilience.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 4355 participants completed two questionnaires: the Conner-Davison Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised Short (TCI-RS). We used Pearson's correlations to evaluate the correlation between the dimensions of the TCI and the CD-RISC. To determine the most influential TCI dimension with respect to the CD-RISC, a backward multiple regression analysis was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The resilience of both men and women was positively correlated with persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness. Conversely, harm avoidance was negatively correlated with resilience. In addition, reward dependence in men and self-transcendence in women were positively correlated with resilience. In the multiple regression analysis, persistence, self-directedness, and harm avoidance significantly predicted resilience after adjusting for age and gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This results show that social support is affected by personality, which consists of both temperament and character. High persistence and self-directedness as well as low harm avoidance are found to contribute to a better stress response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Gongju National Hospital, Gongju, Republic of Korea; Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hye-Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kounseok
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002605:Character; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011594:Psychometrics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament; D055815:Young Adult