Personality Profiles Identify Depressive Symptoms over Ten Years? A Population-Based Study
Table 1
Frequency distribution of TCI profiles.
1997 (women/men)
2001 (women/men)
2007, BDI_M (women/men)
2007, BDI-II (women/men)
Temperament
NHR—sensitive
210 (186/24)
166 (152/14)
158 (147/11)
158 (147/11)
NHr—explosive
177 (92/85)
112 (64/48)
107 (59/48)
107 (59/48)
NhR—passionate
310 (226/84)
245 (186/59)
231 (172/59)
231 (172/59)
Nhr—adventurous
249 (100/149)
166 (73/93)
149 (74/75)
149 (74/75)
nHR—cautious
240 (197/43)
193 (159/34)
200 (172/28)
200 (172/28)
nHr—methodical
316 (155/161)
258 (128/130)
241 (121/120)
239 (121/118)
nhR—reliable
180 (108/72)
139 (88/51)
144 (93/51)
144 (93/51)
nhr—independent
220 (74/146)
163 (56/107)
174 (62/112)
174 (62/112)
Character
SCT—creative
336 (251/85)
268 (211/57)
254 (202/52)
253 (202/51)
SCt—organized
344 (192/152)
255 (149/106)
265 (157/108)
265 (157/108)
ScT—fanatical
87 (52/35)
75 (48/27)
61 (40/21)
61 (40/21)
Sct—autocratic
189 (72/117)
137 (52/85)
134 (55/79)
134 (55/79)
sCT—moody
181 (147/34)
141 (122/19)
147 (122/25)
147 (122/25)
sCt—dependent
94 (64/30)
76 (49/27)
75 (55/20)
75 (55/20)
scT—disorganized
346 (210/136)
248 (167/81)
233 (155/78)
232 (155/77)
sct—depressive
325 (150/175)
242 (108/134)
235 (114/121)
235 (114/121)
Total
1902 (1138/764)
1442 (906/536)
1404 (900/504)
1402 (900/502)
In 1997 and 2001, depressive symptoms were assessed by the modified version of the BDI only (see methods for details). In 2007 depressive symptoms were assessed by both the original BDI-II and modified BDI NHR = sensitive; NHr = explosive; NhR = passionate; Nhr = adventurous; nHR = cautious; nHr = methodical; nhR = reliable; nhr = independent. SCT = creative; SCt = organized; ScT = fanatical; Sct = autocratic; sCT = moody; sCt = dependent; scT = disorganized; sct = depressive.
