Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire
Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) is a personality test.[1] It was devised by C. Robert Cloninger. A newer version of the questionnaire is called Temperament and Character Inventory.
As the name indicates TPQ seeks to measure three dimensions (traits) of the personality. These personality traits are novelty seeking, harm avoidance and reward dependence. Each have four subscales. There are 100 true-false questions which form the basis for the computation of the traits.
The personality test also exists in Chinese,[2] French[3] and German[4] versions.
Neurobiology
| Temperament | Neurotransmitter system |
|---|---|
| Novelty seeking | Low dopaminergic activity |
| Harm avoidance | High serotonergic activity |
| Reward dependence | Low noradrenergic activity |
Cloninger suggested that the three dimensions, novelty seeking, harm avoidance, and reward dependence, were correlated with low basal dopaminergic activity, high serotonergic activity, and low basal noradrenergic activity, respectively.[5] Much research has gone into examining these links, e.g., with personality genetics.
References
- ↑ C. R. Cloninger, T. R. Przybeck & D. M. Svrakic (December 1991). "The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire: U.S. normative data". Psychological Reports. 69 (3 Pt 1): 1047–1057. doi:10.2466/PR0.69.7.1047-1057. PMID 1784653.
- ↑ Wei J. Chen, Hsing-Me Chen, Chwen-Cheng Chen, Chiao-Chicy Chen, Wu-Yang Yu & Andrew T. A. Cheng (March–April 2002). "Cloninger's Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire: psychometric properties and construct validity in Taiwanese adults". Comprehensive Psychiatry. 43 (2): 158–156. doi:10.1053/comp.2002.30797. PMID 11893995.
- ↑ J. P. Lepine, A. Pelissolo, R. Teodorescu & M. Teherani (November–December 1994). "[Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the French version of the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ)]". L'Encephale. 20 (6): 747–743. PMID 7875109.
- ↑ Weyers P et al. Pers. Ind. Diff 1995 19:853:861.
- ↑ C. R. Cloninger (Autumn 1986). "A unified biosocial theory of personality and its role in the development of anxiety states". Psychiatric Developments. 4 (3): 167–166. PMID 3809156.
Other
- C. R. Cloninger (June 1987). "A systematic method for clinical description and classification of personality variants. A proposal". Archives of General Psychiatry. 44 (6): 573–578. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800180093014. PMID 3579504.