[article]
| Titre : |
Temperament and Character in Adults with Asperger Syndrome |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Maria RASTAM, Auteur ; Henrik SODERSTROM, Auteur ; Christopher GILLBERG, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.287-297 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
To study the personality characteristics of adults with Asperger syndrome, and investigate the value of self-rating personality inventories, we administered the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) to 31 outpatients with Asperger syndrome. The TCI is a self-rating personality inventory that has been validated in the Swedish general population. The results were compared with age- and sex-matched norm groups. Participants with Asperger syndrome scored significantly higher on harm avoidance and lower on self-directedness and cooperativeness. Reward dependence and novelty seeking tended to be low. They also had significantly higher rarity scores, reflecting idiosyncratic perspectives. The most common temperament configurations were ‘obsessional’, ‘passive-dependent’ and ‘explosive’. Character, reflecting conceptual maturity, was poorly developed in the majority of our subjects. The self-ratings of persons with Asperger syndrome thus indicated anxious personalities with coping difficulties in the areas of social interaction and self-directedness, a picture corresponding to the clinical descriptions of Asperger syndrome. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361302006003006 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=209 |
in Autism > 6-3 (September 2002) . - p.287-297
[article] Temperament and Character in Adults with Asperger Syndrome [texte imprimé] / Maria RASTAM, Auteur ; Henrik SODERSTROM, Auteur ; Christopher GILLBERG, Auteur . - p.287-297. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Autism > 6-3 (September 2002) . - p.287-297
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
To study the personality characteristics of adults with Asperger syndrome, and investigate the value of self-rating personality inventories, we administered the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) to 31 outpatients with Asperger syndrome. The TCI is a self-rating personality inventory that has been validated in the Swedish general population. The results were compared with age- and sex-matched norm groups. Participants with Asperger syndrome scored significantly higher on harm avoidance and lower on self-directedness and cooperativeness. Reward dependence and novelty seeking tended to be low. They also had significantly higher rarity scores, reflecting idiosyncratic perspectives. The most common temperament configurations were ‘obsessional’, ‘passive-dependent’ and ‘explosive’. Character, reflecting conceptual maturity, was poorly developed in the majority of our subjects. The self-ratings of persons with Asperger syndrome thus indicated anxious personalities with coping difficulties in the areas of social interaction and self-directedness, a picture corresponding to the clinical descriptions of Asperger syndrome. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362361302006003006 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=209 |
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Temperament and Character in Adults with Asperger Syndrome in Autism, 6-3 (September 2002)
