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Swedish normative data on personality using the Temperament and Character Inventory
S Brändström1, P Schlette, T R Przybeck
1Department of Psychiatry, Umeå University, Sweden.
Comprehensive Psychiatry
|June 2, 1998
Summary
This study presents normative data for the Swedish Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), a personality questionnaire. Results confirm the TCI
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Personality Science
- Psychometrics
Background:
- The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) is a self-report personality questionnaire.
- It is based on Cloninger's psychobiological model, encompassing temperament and character.
- This model accounts for normal and abnormal personality variations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present normative data for the Swedish version of the TCI.
- To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swedish TCI.
- To validate Cloninger's seven-factor personality model in a Swedish context.
Main Methods:
- A representative sample of 1,300 Swedish adults completed the TCI.
- Psychometric properties, including factor structure and test-retest reliability, were analyzed.
- Statistical analyses examined scale and subscale relationships.
Main Results:
- Normative data for the Swedish TCI were established.
- The Swedish TCI demonstrated a reliable factor structure and good test-retest performance.
- The structure of the Swedish TCI closely replicated the American version.
Conclusions:
- The Swedish TCI is a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing personality.
- The findings support Cloninger's theory of temperament and character as a seven-factor model.
- This validates the TCI's utility in a Swedish population.