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Association between morningness‐eveningness and temperament and character in community‐dwelling K orean adults
Author(s) -
Lee Sojin,
Park Jong Eun,
Cho SeongJin,
Cho In Hee,
Lee Yu Jin,
Kim Seog Ju
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00214.x
Subject(s) - novelty seeking , harm avoidance , temperament , temperament and character inventory , reward dependence , psychology , association (psychology) , novelty , chronotype , developmental psychology , preference , clinical psychology , circadian rhythm , social psychology , personality , neuroscience , economics , psychotherapist , microeconomics
Previous studies have reported an association between biogenetic temperament/character and circadian preference in S panish or F rench college students. Our aim is to investigate the association between temperament/character and circadian preference in psychiatrically healthy, community‐dwelling K orean adults of a wide age range. Methods Subjects free of A xis I disorders ( n = 342) completed the M orningness‐ E veningness Q uestionnaire and the Temperament and Character Inventory. Results High N ovelty S eeking and low S elf‐ D irectedness was associated with eveningness. In contrast to prior studies on college students, eveningness was associated with high (not low) H arm A voidance. E veningness‐ N ovelty S eeking association and Eveningness‐ H arm A voidance association were prominent in females. E veningness‐ N ovelty S eeking was prominent in the older group (age ≥40), while Eveningness‐ H arm A voidance was prominent in the younger group (age ≤40). Discussion Despite the limitation of the small sample size, the present study suggests that eveningness is associated with high N ovelty S eeking/ H arm A voidance and low S elf‐ D irectedness in community‐dwelling adults, and that this association may be related to age, gender, and other sociocultural factors.