Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model

Paolo Iliceto; Maurizio Pompili; David Lester; Xenia Gonda; Cinzia Niolu; Nicoletta Girardi; Zoltán Rihmer; Gabriella Candilera; Paolo Girardi

doi:10.1155/2011/160175

Depression Research and Treatment (Jan 2011)

Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation Model

Paolo Iliceto,
Maurizio Pompili,
David Lester,
Xenia Gonda,
Cinzia Niolu,
Nicoletta Girardi,
Zoltán Rihmer,
Gabriella Candilera,
Paolo Girardi

Affiliations

Paolo Iliceto: Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 1035 Via di Grottarossa, 00189 Rome, Italy
Maurizio Pompili: Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 1035 Via di Grottarossa, 00189 Rome, Italy
David Lester: McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441, USA
Xenia Gonda: Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kútvölgyi Clinical Center, Kútvölgyi út 4., Semmelweis University, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
Cinzia Niolu: Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Psychiatry, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00137 Rome, Italy
Nicoletta Girardi: Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Zoltán Rihmer: Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kútvölgyi Clinical Center, Kútvölgyi út 4., Semmelweis University, 1125 Budapest, Hungary
Gabriella Candilera: Private Practice, Rome, Italy
Paolo Girardi: Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 1035 Via di Grottarossa, 00189 Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/160175
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to test the validity of affective temperaments for predicting psychiatric morbidity and suicide risk, using a two-factor model to explain the relationships between temperament, anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. We investigated 210 high school students, 103 males and 107 females, 18-19 years old, who were administered self-report questionnaires to assess temperament (TEMPS-A), depression (BDI-II), anxiety (STAI) and hopelessness (BHS). The final structural model had a good fit with the data, with two factors significantly correlated, the first labeled unstable cyclothymic temperament including Dysthymic/Cyclothymic/Anxious temperament, Irritable temperament and Depression, and the second labeled Demoralization including Anxiety (State/Trait) and Hopelessness. Depression, anxiety and hopelessness are in a complex relationship partly mediated by temperament.

Published in Depression Research and Treatment

ISSN: 2090-1321 (Print); 2090-133X (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry; Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1958

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