The Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R)

psychometric characteristics of the French version

Pelissolo, A.
Mallet, L.
Baleyte, J.-M.
Michel, G.
Cloninger, C. R.
Allilaire, J.-F.
Jouvent, R.

¹Psychiatry Department and CNRS UMR 7593, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, AP-HP, Paris, France
²UFR Arts et Sciences Humaines, Tours University, Tours, France
³Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA

Dr Antoine Pelissolo, Service de psychiatrie adulte, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, 47, bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted for publication February 21, 2005

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 112(2):p 126-133, August 2005.

Objective

To explore the psychometric characteristics of a modified version of the Cloninger's personality questionnaire, the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R).

Method

A 482-subject sample, including clinical and non-clinical subjects, completed the TCI-R. We performed principal component analyses and explored the factorial structure of the questionnaire, and the internal consistency of each dimension.

Results

The factorial structure of the TCI-R was well defined as expected and similar to those shown with the TCI. Robust factors were obtained for Reward Dependence and Persistence in the TCI-R, even more clearly than in the original TCI. All dimensions obtained higher alpha Cronbach coefficients with the TCI-R than with the TCI. We obtained highly satisfying reliability coefficients in test-retest and TCI/TCI-R comparisons.

Conclusion

The TCI-R seems to have similar psychometric and feasibility characteristics as those of the initial version, but with significant improvements in terms of factorial structure and internal consistency of most dimensions.