Temperament and character as determinants of well-being

We aimed to evaluate the effects of Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) personality measures on well-being scores in a sample of 49–51 year old New Zealanders. Previous research has linked high self-directedness (SD) and low harm avoidance (HA) with well-being. We hypothesised that SD and HA would have predictive power for Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) well-being. We anticipated that character profiles with high SD and cooperativeness (CO) would be associated with higher well-being scores while high self transcendence (ST) scores would have less of an influence on well-being in a secular population such as New Zealand.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - June 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Janet K. Spittlehouse, Esther Vierck, John F. Pearson, Peter R. Joyce Source Type: research