Personality dimensions measured using the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and NEO‐FFI on a Polish sample

摘要

The results of two self‐administered, paper‐and‐pencil tests based on biosocial theory of personality have been compared simultanously: the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO‐FFI). The stability of the personality dimensions was assessed across age, sex and education level samples in a group of 406 Polish adults with major mental diseases excluded by use of PRIME‐MD questionnaire. Significant effects of age, sex, and education have been found while comparing personality dimensions in both temperamental (novelty seeking, NS; harm avoidance, HA; reward dependence, RD; persistence, P) and character scales (cooperativeness, C; self‐transcendence, ST) in TCI. Among subscales of temperament only NS1, RD4 were stable according to concerning factors. All converted to their age and sex norms NEO‐FFI dimensions were stable according to sex. Extraversion scale was changeable depending on age ( = 0.04). Neuroticism dimension was a little higher in lower educated group ( = 0.035).