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The Application of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in Predicting General Social Adaptation and Specific Social Behaviors in a Dyadic Interaction
Author(s) -
Tse Wai S.,
Bond Alyson J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02185.x
Subject(s) - cooperativeness , psychology , temperament and character inventory , harm avoidance , temperament , developmental psychology , social relation , reward dependence , adaptation (eye) , social psychology , dyad , scale (ratio) , harm , personality , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The goal of this study was to evaluate the ability of the harm avoidance (HA) and cooperativeness (C) dimensions of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) to predict general social adaptation as measured by the Social Adaptation Self‐Evaluation scale and specific social behaviors during a dyadic social interaction. A sample of 58 healthy volunteers participated in a social interaction with confederates. Social adaptation was negatively associated with HA scores (β= ‐.49), but positively associated with C scores (β= ‐ .46). Eye‐contact patterns were predicted by C scores based on general linear modeling (GLM) analysis. The results suggest that TCI should be included for the evaluation of treatment effects on social functioning.