Temperament and character in adults with Asperger syndrome
(2002) In Autism 6(3). p.287-297- Abstract
- 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... (More)
- 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. (Less)
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- Anckarsäter, Henrik LU ; Råstam, Maria LU and Gillberg, Christopher
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- 2002
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, personality, rarity, Inventory, Temperament and Character
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- Autism
- volume
- 6
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 287 - 297
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
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- pmid:12212919
- scopus:0036707869
- ISSN
- 1362-3613
- DOI
- 10.1177/1362361302006003006
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- English
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- 4cb6976e-89e0-4949-9db2-dc2dd626937b (old id 1124038)
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