The relationship between temperament and personality: An exploratory study |
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Authors: | Margot Prior Gay Crook Andrew Stripp Marion Power Michelle Joseph |
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Affiliation: | 1. Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, SC 29425-0616, USA;2. University of Kentucky, 410 Administration Drive, Lexington, KY 40508-0001, USA |
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Abstract: | Although the terms temperament and personality are often used interchangeably in the literature and clearly are conceptually related, there is little empirical data to illuminate their relationship. In this exploratory study we measured temperament (using the Dimensions of Temperament Survey), and personality (using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire), in young adolescents and in adults. Some age and sex differences in relationships between the measures and their correlations were found. The temperament dimension of adaptability was clearly related to Eysenck's Extraversion factor and reactivity to Neuroticism in females. More substantial relationships emerged in the adult sample than in the adolescent group, Our data, combined with that of a 1984 Australian study using different techniques, provides substantial support for measurable overlap between some dimensions of temperament derived largely from the developmental literature, and Eysenck's personality theory. |
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