Citation

Iliceto P, Pompili M, Lester D, Gonda X, Niolu C, Girardi N, Rihmer Z, Candilera G, Girardi P. Depress. Res. Treat. 2011; 2011.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2011/160175

PMID

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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 Paolo Iliceto et al.

Language: en