| dc.description.abstract | Background: Previous studies suggest that temperament features of adolescents may be good predictors of the development of
future psychopathology in this population. The aim of the study was to adapt the content and validate the psychometric properties of
the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego - Auto-questionnaire in a sample of Serbian adolescents.
Subjects and methods: The sample included 2113 adolescents, 56% girls and 44% boys, average age 16.73±0.47, attending 48
Serbian secondary schools. The base for the development of this scale included Serbian standardised versions as well as the TEMPS-
I, Interview version.
Results: The final scale is comprised of 36 items, with six factors (depressive, cyclothymic, hyperthymic, irritable, and anxious-
cognitive/somatic) explaining 39.9% of the total variance, the internal consistency coefficient Į=0.77, and the average test–retest
coefficient (rho=0.84). The correlations among the temperaments ranged from weak to moderate, with the highest positive
correlations between the depressive, cyclothymic and anxious scales. The highest values were detected on hyperthymic and the
lowest on depressive temperament. Significantly higher scores of depressive, cyclothymic and anxious temperaments were detected in
girls, whereas boys had higher scores on the hyperthymic scale.
Conclusions: The scale has shown good psychometric properties, which encourages its further use in adolescent population. The
results show certain specific features of this population, such as higher scores on all temperament types than the ones in student and
adult population and a tendency of socially desirable answers. | en_US |
