The temperament and character inventory revised (TCI-R): descriptive and factor structure in different age levels

This study was aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and the relationship of age with the answers, internal consistency and factorial structure of the TCI-R. The questionnaire was responded by a sample of 928 voluntary subjects (396 males and 532 women), with a mean age of 30 years old. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Aluja Fabregat, Antón, Blanch Plana, Angel, Gallart Masia, Salvador, Dolcet, Joan Marc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/60002
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/60002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:TCI-R
Factorial analysis
Personality models
Confirmatory factor analysis
Personality aging difference
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Sumario:This study was aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and the relationship of age with the answers, internal consistency and factorial structure of the TCI-R. The questionnaire was responded by a sample of 928 voluntary subjects (396 males and 532 women), with a mean age of 30 years old. The participants under 30 scored substantially higher in Novelty Seeking, and to a lesser extent in Reward Dependence, while aged subjects scored significant higher in Harm Avoidance, Self-Directiveness and Cooperation. The global coefficients of factorial congruence were higher than 0.90 in all age groups. The goodness-of-fit indexes in the CFA were unsatisfactory for the simple structure models, although improved when considering secondary loadings. Implications for further research with the TCI-R are discussed.