Temperament and character traits and profiles: impact on bipolar disorder risk and onset age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated how personality (Temperament, Character) influences the occurrence and onset age of Bipolar Disorder (BD). Unlike previous studies, Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) dimensions as well as profiles were examined regarding BD onset age.

Methods

We recruited within 5 years 179 adults with prevalent BD (37.4% males, mean age 48.0 ± 12.0 years) attending a general hospital outpatient clinic, in euthymia during the previous 3 months, and 96 controls (36.5% males, mean age 40.4 ± 12.6 years), a convenience sample of community adults recruited via snowball sampling. All participants completed TCI-140. Associations of personality with diagnosis were investigated using logistic regressions while case-only linear and Cox regressions examined as

SUBMITTER: Filis I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12815727 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature