Validation of the Chinese Version of the Short TEMPS-A and its application in patients with mood disorders

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders 2015-01, Vol.170, p.178-184
• Main Authors: Yuan, Chengmei, Huang, Jia, Gao, Keming, Wu, Zhiguo, Chen, Jun, Wang, Yong, Hong, Wu, Yi, Zhenghui, Hu, Yingyan, Cao, Lan, Li, Zezhi, Akiskal, Kareen K, Akiskal, Hagop S, Wang, Biao, Fang, Yiru
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Affective temperament; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Biological and medical sciences; Bipolar disorder; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Bipolar disorders; Chinese population; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Language; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Mood disorders; Mood Disorders - classification; Mood Disorders - diagnosis; Mood Disorders - psychology; Personality Tests; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Temperament; TEMPS-A; Validation
• ISSN: 0165-0327; 1573-2517
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.08.041

Abstract Background The short version of Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego-Auto-questionnaire (TEMPS-A) is a useful instrument to measure affective temperaments. Aims of the present study are to validate the Chinese Version of the Short TEMPS-A, and to explore whether it could be useful to distinguish patients with mood disorders from healthy controls or differentiate patients with bipolar disorder (BPD) from those with major depressive disorder (MDD) in Chinese population. Methods A sample of 715 participants, including 387 patients with MDD, 143 with BPD and 185 healthy controls, was recruited. All participants completed The Chinese Version of the Short TEMPS-A. Standard psychometric tests of reliability and validation were performed. ANOVA, non-parameter test and Multiple Logistic Regression were used to test the association between TEMPS-A scores and mood disorders. Results The originally proposed five factors of the Chinese Version of the Short TEMPS-A were upheld. The Chronbach-Alpha coefficients of it varied from 0.70 to 0.89 and test–retest Spearman׳s Correlation Coefficients varied from 0.52 to 0.85. Significant differences were found across the three groups on all five TEMPS-A subscales ( P