title: Relationship of temperament and character in remitted depressed patients with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts--results from the CRESCEND study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) scores of a sample of Korean patients with remitted depression who had attempted suicide and reported suicidal ideation and to compare their scores with those of remitted depressed patients without suicidal ideation. Adult depression patients who had completed 12 weeks of follow-up (N = 138) were divided into three groups: patients with a history of suicide attempts (N = 23); patients with current suicidal ideation (N = 59); and patients without current suicidal ideation (N = 56). After controlling for covariates, no significant differences were found among the three groups on any measure of temperament or character except self-directedness and self-transcendence. The self-transcendence scores of the lifetime suicide-attempt group were significantly higher compared with those of the suicidal-ideation group; post hoc analysis revealed that self-directedness was significantly lower in the suicide-attempt group compared with the non-suicidal group. The results from the present study suggest that remitted depression patients with a history of suicide attempts do not differ from non-attempters in temperament, but do differ in certain character traits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Sup
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Youn
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yang-Hwan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hoo Rim
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Suk
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Bum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013694:Temperament