Jiménez Martínez, EsterBonnín Roig, Caterina del MarSolé Cabezuelo, BrisaSánchez-Moreno, JoséReinares, MaríaTorrent Font, CarlaTorres, ImmaSalagre Muñoz, EstelaVaro, CristinaRuíz, VictoriaGiménez Palomo, AnnaBenabarre, AntonioGutiérrez-Rojas, LuisCervilla, JorgeSáiz Martínez, Pilar AlejandraGarcía Portilla, María PazBobes García, JulioAmann, Benedikt L.Martínez-Arán, Anabel, 1971-Vieta i Pascual, Eduard, 1963-2026-01-122026-01-122019-02-110165-0327https://hdl.handle.net/2445/225273Background: The Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego (TEMPS-A) is a self-administered questionnaire intended to assess five affective temperaments: depressive, cyclothymic, hy-perthymic, irritable and anxious. Our objective was to examine the psychometric properties of the TEMPS-A using a sample comprised by patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and healthy controls (HC) and to determine cut- off scores for each temperament. Methods: Five hundred and ninety-eight individuals (327 BD and 271 HC) completed the TEMPS-A. Cronbach's alpha was used to examine internal consistency reliability. Test-retest reliability and association between different temperamental scales were assessed using Spearman correlation. To confirm factor structure a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out. Cut-off scores indicating the presence of dominant temperament were also calculated. Results: Internal consistency was optimal for all temperament subscales (α: 0.682- 0.893). The questionnaire demonstrated good test-retest reliability (ρ: 0.594–0.754). The strongest positive associations were found between cyclothymic and anxious and between depressive and anxious temperaments. Hyperthymic and depressive as well as hyperthymic and anxious temperaments showed a strong negative correlation. Limitations: The HC sample was not matched with the BD group. There were some sociodemographic and clinical differences between groups that may impact on the obtained results. A portion of patients with BD was recruited from tertiary centers. Conclusions: The Spanish version of the Barcelona TEMPS-A questionnaire presents a good internal consistency and their results are stable in clinical population. The performance of the Barcelona TEMPS-A is as good as the original scale.9 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier B.V., 2019http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Validació (Medicaments)Trastorn bipolarTemperamentValidation (Drug manufacture)Manic-depressive illnessTemperamentinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6861542026-01-12info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess30772748