The purpose of this study was to test the validity of affective temperaments for predicting psychiatric morbidity and suicide risk, using a two-factor model to explain the relationships between temperament, anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. We investigated 210 high school students, 103 males and 107 females, 18-19 years old, who were administered self-report questionnaires to assess temperament (TEMPS-A), depression (BDI-II), anxiety (STAI) and hopelessness (BHS). The final structural model had a good fit with the data, with two factors significantly correlated, the first labeled unstable cyclothymic temperament including Dysthymic/Cyclothymic/Anxious temperament, Irritable temperament and Depression, and the second labeled Demoralization including Anxiety (State/Trait) and Hopelessness. Depression, anxiety and hopelessness are in a complex relationship partly mediated by temperament.

Iliceto, P., Pompili, M., Lester, D., Gonda, X., Niolu, C., Girardi, N., et al. (2011). Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model. DEPRESSION RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, 2011, 160175-160175 [10.1155/2011/160175].

Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model

NIOLU, CINZIA;
2011-01-01

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test the validity of affective temperaments for predicting psychiatric morbidity and suicide risk, using a two-factor model to explain the relationships between temperament, anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. We investigated 210 high school students, 103 males and 107 females, 18-19 years old, who were administered self-report questionnaires to assess temperament (TEMPS-A), depression (BDI-II), anxiety (STAI) and hopelessness (BHS). The final structural model had a good fit with the data, with two factors significantly correlated, the first labeled unstable cyclothymic temperament including Dysthymic/Cyclothymic/Anxious temperament, Irritable temperament and Depression, and the second labeled Demoralization including Anxiety (State/Trait) and Hopelessness. Depression, anxiety and hopelessness are in a complex relationship partly mediated by temperament.
2011
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore MED/25 - PSICHIATRIA
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Iliceto, P., Pompili, M., Lester, D., Gonda, X., Niolu, C., Girardi, N., et al. (2011). Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model. DEPRESSION RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, 2011, 160175-160175 [10.1155/2011/160175].
Iliceto, P; Pompili, M; Lester, D; Gonda, X; Niolu, C; Girardi, N; Rihmer, Z; Candilera, G; Girardi, P
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