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Zuckerman‐Kuhlman‐Aluja Personality Questionnaire (ZKA‐PQ) and Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory Revised (TCI‐R): A comparative study
Author(s) -
GARCÍA ÓSCAR,
ALUJA ANTON,
GARCÍA LUIS F.,
ESCORIAL SERGIO,
BLANCH ANGEL
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00943.x
Subject(s) - cooperativeness , harm avoidance , temperament and character inventory , psychology , novelty seeking , reward dependence , temperament , neuroticism , sensation seeking , facet (psychology) , personality , big five personality traits , social psychology
García, Ó., Aluja, A., García, L.F., Escorial, S. & Blanch, A. (2012). Zuckerman‐Kuhlman‐Aluja Personality Questionnaire (ZKA‐PQ) and Cloninger’s Temperament and Character Inventory Revised (TCI‐R): A comparative study. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology . The aim of this study was to compare the psychometric properties (normal distribution values, reliabilities and factor structure) of the Zuckerman‐Kuhlman‐Aluja Personality Questionnaire (ZKA‐PQ) and the Temperament and Character Inventory revised (TCI‐R). The total sample consisted of 482 subjects (53.1% men and 46.9% women) from diverse age. Results showed somewhat better psychometric properties, like reliability and facet‐factor structure, for the ZKA‐PQ than the TCI‐R. The expected five‐factor facet structure of the ZKA‐PQ was clear found. However, the seven‐factor structure of TCI‐R was not clear and it did not show a clear distinction between Temperament and Character factors. When ZKA‐PQ and TCI‐R variables are analyzed together, the ZKA‐PQ factors are related to the Character as well as the Temperament factors. In some cases they represent the opposite poles of ZKA‐PQ factors; for example, Neuroticism versus Self‐Directiveness and Aggression versus Cooperativeness. Some are directly and highly related to ZKA‐PQ factors; for example, Sensation Seeking and Novelty Seeking, Extraversion and Reward Dependence, Neuroticism and Harm Avoidance, and Activity and Persistence.