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Farid Hosseini F, Kaviani H, Asaadi M, Ali Malayeri N, Moghadas Bayat M. Pattern of Temperament and Character Factors in People With Antisocial Personality Disorder. Advances in Cognitive Sciences 2007; 9 (2) :54-60
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Farhad Farid Hosseini * 
1, Hossein Kaviani , Mohammad Asaadi , Nooshin Ali Malayeri , MohammadReza Moghadas Bayat
1, Hossein Kaviani , Mohammad Asaadi , Nooshin Ali Malayeri , MohammadReza Moghadas Bayat
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Objective: The present study aims at providing a clearer image of antisocial personality disorder through the evaluation of different dimensions of temperament and character factors in individuals with this disorder, and comparing them with normal subjects.
Method: 24 male subjects with antisocial personality disorder were chosen using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II). Rate of depression and anxiety were measured as covariates using Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventory. Also, dimensions of temperament and character were assessed by Cloninger's Temperament Character Inventory.
Results: People with antisocial personality disorder scored higher on novelty seeking and harm avoidance and lower in persistence, self directedness, and cooperativeness in comparison with normal population. Scores of reward dependence and self transcendence were in the range of normal population. There was a positive correlation between harm avoidance and Beck anxiety score.
Conclusions: Lower scores on character factors indicate weaker development of character and the presence of personality disorder. Higher scores on novelty seeking and lower scores on persistence (among character factors) are associated with personality traits of Cluster B. High scores of harm avoidance and normal scores of reward dependence are incompatible with previous studies, the most probable cause of which - in addition to the small number of subjects - can be the presence of people with secondary psychopathy traits and anxiety among the clinical subjects, which in turn affects the harm avoidance dimension.
Method: 24 male subjects with antisocial personality disorder were chosen using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II). Rate of depression and anxiety were measured as covariates using Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventory. Also, dimensions of temperament and character were assessed by Cloninger's Temperament Character Inventory.
Results: People with antisocial personality disorder scored higher on novelty seeking and harm avoidance and lower in persistence, self directedness, and cooperativeness in comparison with normal population. Scores of reward dependence and self transcendence were in the range of normal population. There was a positive correlation between harm avoidance and Beck anxiety score.
Conclusions: Lower scores on character factors indicate weaker development of character and the presence of personality disorder. Higher scores on novelty seeking and lower scores on persistence (among character factors) are associated with personality traits of Cluster B. High scores of harm avoidance and normal scores of reward dependence are incompatible with previous studies, the most probable cause of which - in addition to the small number of subjects - can be the presence of people with secondary psychopathy traits and anxiety among the clinical subjects, which in turn affects the harm avoidance dimension.
Keywords: Temperament and Character Inventory, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Secondary Psychopathy
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Received: 2007/01/21 | Accepted: 2007/04/19 | Published: 2007/06/22
Received: 2007/01/21 | Accepted: 2007/04/19 | Published: 2007/06/22
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