Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model | Zendy

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Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model

Author(s) -

Paolo Iliceto,

Maurizio Pompili,

David Lester,

Xénia Gonda,

Cinzia Niolu,

Nicoletta Girardi,

Zoltán Rihmer,

Gabriella Candilera,

Paolo Girardi

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

depression research and treatment

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 2090-133X

pISSN - 2090-1321

DOI - 10.1155/2011/160175

Subject(s) - temperament , anxiety , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , trait , trait anxiety , structural equation modeling , medicine , personality , social psychology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , programming language , statistics , mathematics

The purpose of this study was to test the validity of affective temperaments for predicting psychiatric morbidity and suicide risk, using a two-factor model to explain the relationships between temperament, anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. We investigated 210 high school students, 103 males and 107 females, 18-19 years old, who were administered self-report questionnaires to assess temperament (TEMPS-A), depression (BDI-II), anxiety (STAI) and hopelessness (BHS). The final structural model had a good fit with the data, with two factors significantly correlated, the first labeled unstable cyclothymic temperament including Dysthymic/Cyclothymic/Anxious temperament, Irritable temperament and Depression, and the second labeled Demoralization including Anxiety (State/Trait) and Hopelessness. Depression, anxiety and hopelessness are in a complex relationship partly mediated by temperament.

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