Temperament clusters in a normal population: implications for health and disease
Background The object of this study was to identify temperament patterns in the Finnish population, and to determine the relationship between these profiles and life habits, socioeconomic status, and health. Methods/Principal Findings A cluster analysis of the Temperament and Character Inventory sub...
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ftimperialcol:oai:spiral.imperial.ac.uk:10044/1/85663 2023-05-15T17:42:46+02:00 Temperament clusters in a normal population: implications for health and disease Wessman, J Schonauer, S Miettunen, J Turunen, H Parviainen, P Seppanen, JK Congdon, E Service, S Koiranen, M Ekelund, J Laitinen, J Taanila, A Tammelin, T Hintsanen, M Pulkki-Raback, L Keltikangas-Jarvinen, L Viikari, J Raitakari, OT Joukamaa, M Jarvelin, M-R Freimer, N Peltonen, L Veijola, J Mannila, H Paunio, T Medical Research Council (MRC) 2012-02-02 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/85663 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033088 English eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) PLoS One 1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/85663 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033088 G0801056B © 2012 Wessman et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 CC-BY 11 1 Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics GENETIC-STRUCTURE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS CHARACTER DEPRESSION DISORDERS SYMPTOMS SCHIZOPHRENIA VALIDATION PROFILES Adolescent Adult Child Preschool Cluster Analysis Cohort Studies Disease Female Finland Habits Health Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Social Class Temperament Young Adult General Science & Technology Journal Article 2012 ftimperialcol https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033088 2021-01-28T23:39:17Z Background The object of this study was to identify temperament patterns in the Finnish population, and to determine the relationship between these profiles and life habits, socioeconomic status, and health. Methods/Principal Findings A cluster analysis of the Temperament and Character Inventory subscales was performed on 3,761 individuals from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 and replicated on 2,097 individuals from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study. Clusters were formed using the k-means method and their relationship with 115 variables from the areas of life habits, socioeconomic status and health was examined. Results Four clusters were identified for both genders. Individuals from Cluster I are characterized by high persistence, low extravagance and disorderliness. They have healthy life habits, and lowest scores in most of the measures for psychiatric disorders. Cluster II individuals are characterized by low harm avoidance and high novelty seeking. They report the best physical capacity and highest level of income, but also high rate of divorce, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Individuals from Cluster III are not characterized by any extreme characteristic. Individuals from Cluster IV are characterized by high levels of harm avoidance, low levels of exploratory excitability and attachment, and score the lowest in most measures of health and well-being. Conclusions This study shows that the temperament subscales do not distribute randomly but have an endogenous structure, and that these patterns have strong associations to health, life events, and well-being. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Imperial College London: Spiral PLoS ONE 7 7 e33088 |
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Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics GENETIC-STRUCTURE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS CHARACTER DEPRESSION DISORDERS SYMPTOMS SCHIZOPHRENIA VALIDATION PROFILES Adolescent Adult Child Preschool Cluster Analysis Cohort Studies Disease Female Finland Habits Health Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Social Class Temperament Young Adult General Science & Technology |
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Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics GENETIC-STRUCTURE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS CHARACTER DEPRESSION DISORDERS SYMPTOMS SCHIZOPHRENIA VALIDATION PROFILES Adolescent Adult Child Preschool Cluster Analysis Cohort Studies Disease Female Finland Habits Health Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Social Class Temperament Young Adult General Science & Technology Wessman, J Schonauer, S Miettunen, J Turunen, H Parviainen, P Seppanen, JK Congdon, E Service, S Koiranen, M Ekelund, J Laitinen, J Taanila, A Tammelin, T Hintsanen, M Pulkki-Raback, L Keltikangas-Jarvinen, L Viikari, J Raitakari, OT Joukamaa, M Jarvelin, M-R Freimer, N Peltonen, L Veijola, J Mannila, H Paunio, T Temperament clusters in a normal population: implications for health and disease |
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Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics GENETIC-STRUCTURE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS CHARACTER DEPRESSION DISORDERS SYMPTOMS SCHIZOPHRENIA VALIDATION PROFILES Adolescent Adult Child Preschool Cluster Analysis Cohort Studies Disease Female Finland Habits Health Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Social Class Temperament Young Adult General Science & Technology |
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Background The object of this study was to identify temperament patterns in the Finnish population, and to determine the relationship between these profiles and life habits, socioeconomic status, and health. Methods/Principal Findings A cluster analysis of the Temperament and Character Inventory subscales was performed on 3,761 individuals from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 and replicated on 2,097 individuals from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study. Clusters were formed using the k-means method and their relationship with 115 variables from the areas of life habits, socioeconomic status and health was examined. Results Four clusters were identified for both genders. Individuals from Cluster I are characterized by high persistence, low extravagance and disorderliness. They have healthy life habits, and lowest scores in most of the measures for psychiatric disorders. Cluster II individuals are characterized by low harm avoidance and high novelty seeking. They report the best physical capacity and highest level of income, but also high rate of divorce, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Individuals from Cluster III are not characterized by any extreme characteristic. Individuals from Cluster IV are characterized by high levels of harm avoidance, low levels of exploratory excitability and attachment, and score the lowest in most measures of health and well-being. Conclusions This study shows that the temperament subscales do not distribute randomly but have an endogenous structure, and that these patterns have strong associations to health, life events, and well-being. |
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Wessman, J Schonauer, S Miettunen, J Turunen, H Parviainen, P Seppanen, JK Congdon, E Service, S Koiranen, M Ekelund, J Laitinen, J Taanila, A Tammelin, T Hintsanen, M Pulkki-Raback, L Keltikangas-Jarvinen, L Viikari, J Raitakari, OT Joukamaa, M Jarvelin, M-R Freimer, N Peltonen, L Veijola, J Mannila, H Paunio, T |
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Wessman, J Schonauer, S Miettunen, J Turunen, H Parviainen, P Seppanen, JK Congdon, E Service, S Koiranen, M Ekelund, J Laitinen, J Taanila, A Tammelin, T Hintsanen, M Pulkki-Raback, L Keltikangas-Jarvinen, L Viikari, J Raitakari, OT Joukamaa, M Jarvelin, M-R Freimer, N Peltonen, L Veijola, J Mannila, H Paunio, T |
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Temperament clusters in a normal population: implications for health and disease |
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Temperament clusters in a normal population: implications for health and disease |
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