Anxiety Mood.  2019 Oct;15(2):94-100. 10.24986/anxmod.2019.15.2.94.

Comparison of the Anxiety and Depression According to the Patterns of Temperament and Character in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• Kim K
• Kim D
• Kim E

• KMID: 2464994
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24986/anxmod.2019.15.2.94

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in anxiety and depression symptoms, comorbidity according to the patterns of temperament and character in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
METHODS
The temperament and character inventory (TCI), beck depression inventory (BDI) and beck anxiety inventory (BAI) were administered to 151 PTSD patients classified into four groups of adaptation, vulnerable temperament, immature personality and composite vulnerability according to the results of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI). MANOVA and Chi-square tests were conducted to analyze differences in BDI, BAI, temperament and character scores and rate of comorbid disorders between the four groups.
RESULTS
The immature character and complex vulnerability group showed the higher rate of comorbid depression disorder. Anxiety and depression severity were significantly different among groups, especially depression severity had higher scores in the immature character and complex vulnerability groups and anxiety severity had higher scores in the complex vulnerability group than adaptive group. The immature character and complex vulnerability groups showed significantly lower score on the temperament scale of reward dependence and persistent.
CONCLUSION
The results demonstrate the significance of adaptive characteristics on anxiety and depression symptoms regardless of vulnerable temperaments, and its consequent role in the management of character factors relative to intervention regarding PTSD.

Keyword

PTSD; Temperament; Character; Anxiety; Depression

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Comorbidity
Depression*
Humans
Reward
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*
Temperament*