[Socio-demographic aspects of the temperaments evaluation according the Argentine TEMPS-A]

The aim of the present work was to extend different aspects from the validation of the scale of Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego, argentine version, TEMPS-A (Buenos Aires), done by Vázquez et al (2007), whose purpose is the study of the affective temperaments. An exploratory, transversal and not experimental study was made and for such aim a sample of 938 subjects in different cities of Argentina: Buenos Aires, La Plata and San Luis. We considered the age of the subjects, the gender, the civil state, the educative level and the locality to which they belonged. The results allowed us to detect that the subjects with hyperthymic traits were the most prevalent, the younger subjects would be those that would have more risk of developing cyclothymic and bipolar disorders and the older group of the sample would be more vulnerable to develop acute or chronic depressive disorders like dysthymia. The women presented the highest rates for dysthymic and anxious temperaments and the men the greater hyperthymic traits. The unmarried subjects or widowers displayed greater cyclothymic characteristics and those that had only completed the primary schooling were inclined to present dysthymic, anxious and ciclothymic temperaments.