A. di Genova, A. Tomassini, M. Aniello, P. Stratta, O. Rinaldi, A. Rossi - Vol. 10, June 2004, Issue 2
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Impulsività e Personalità
in una popolazione psichiatrica con disturbo dell’umore
Impulsiveness and Personality in a psychiatric sample with mood disorders
Objective
Aim of this study was to evaluate impulsiveness
and its correlation with temperament and character. We hypothesize that impulsiveness
differentially correlates with the two constructs of personality.
Method
A sample of 86 stabilized patients with a mood disorder has been assessed
with the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) and the Temperament and Character
Inventory (TCI-125).
Results
We found a statistically significant correlation between TCI Novelty Seeking
and BIS 11 scores. The TCI NS2 (Impulsiveness) shows a significant correlation
with BIS 11 total score, motor factor and no planning factor but not with
the cognitive factor. The cognitive factor correlates with Harm Avoidance
(HA) and inversely with Self-directedness and Cooperativeness. The no planning
factor shows correlation with NS and Persistence (P).
Conclusions
The relationship between impulsiveness and state-trait clinical variables
is not unequivocal. The motor and no planning factors can be considered temperamental
aspects of impulsiveness whereas the cognitive factor is linked to state character
dimensions. The differential correlation between impulsiveness on one hand,
and temperament and character on the other, could explain the dichotomy of
the state-trait impulsiveness. Thus, we report that temperamental variables
are more related to motor and no planning factors than character-bound aspects
related to cognitive impulsiveness. The study underlines the heterogeneity
of the Barratt impulsiveness construct.