# name
Temperament and character profile and its clinical correlates in male patients with dual schizophrenia

# metadata.dc.description.abstract[].value
Personality traits are relevant in understanding substance use disorders (SUD) and schizophrenia (SZ), but few works have also included patients with dual schizophrenia (SZ+) and personality traits. We explored personality profile in a sample of 165 male patients under treatment, using the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised. The participants were assigned to three groups of 55 patients each, according to previous diagnosis: SUD, SZ- and SZ+ (without/with SUD). We analyzed their clinical characteristics, relating them to personality dimensions. The SUD and SZ+ groups scored higher than SZ- in Novelty/Sensation Seeking. SZ- and SZ+ presented higher Harm Avoidance and lower Persistence than the SUD group. SZ+ patients showed the lowest levels of Self-directedness, while SZ- and SZ+ had higher scores in Self-transcendence than the SUD group. Several clinical characteristics were associated with personality dimensions depending on diagnosis, and remarkably so for psychiatric symptoms in the SZ- and SZ+ groups. The three groups had a maladaptive personality profile compared to general population. Our results point to different profiles for SUD versus SZ, while both profiles appear combined in the SZ+ group, with extreme scores in some traits. Thus, considering personality endophenotypes in SZ+ could help in designing individualized interventions for this group.

# metadata.dc.relation.ispartof[].value
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020, vol. 9, num. 6, p. 1876

# metadata.dc.rights[].value
cc-by (c) Río Martínez, Laura et al., 2020

# metadata.dc.source[].value
Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)

# metadata.dc.title[].value
Temperament and character profile and its clinical correlates in male patients with dual schizophrenia