Temperament and character correlates of neuropsychological performance

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dc.contributor.authorCassimjee, Nafisa
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Raegan
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-21T14:25:21Z
dc.date.available2012-08-21T14:25:21Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.date.updated2012-02-10T15:14:08Z
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the association between temperament and character dimensions, on the one hand,and computerised neuropsychological test performance, on the other hand. Temperament and character dimensions were operationalised as scores on the subscales of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), a 240-item measure that is based on the psychobiological theory of personality. Neuropsychological outcomes were measured on six computerised tests of executive functioning and abstract reasoning from the University of Pennsylvania Computerised Neuropsychological Test Battery (PennCNP). The executive and abstract reasoning tasks included a test of Motor Praxis (MPRAXIS), the Penn Abstraction, Inhibition and Working Memory Task (AIM), the Letter-N-Back (LNB2), the Penn Conditional Exclusion Task (PCET), the Penn Short Logical Reasoning Task (SPVRT) and the Short Raven s Progressive Matrices (SRAVEN). Results from this exploratory study yielded significant associations between neuropsychological performance and temperament and character traits. The temperament traits of Harm Avoidance and Reward Dependencewere positively correlated with reaction time on the AIM and the SPVRT. The character dimension of Self-Transcendence was significantly associated with performance accuracy on the AIM and the temperament dimension of Novelty Seeking was inversely related to performance accuracy on the LNB2. These results confirm the importance of addressing the temperament and character correlates of neuropsychological performance in both clinical and non-clinical studies.en
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dc.identifier.citationCassimjee, N; Murphy, R; (2010) 'Temperament and character correlates of neuropsychological performance'. South African Journal of Psychology, 40 (20):125-138.en
dc.identifier.endpage138en
dc.identifier.issn0081-2463
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleSouth African Journal of Psychologyen
dc.identifier.startpage125en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/697
dc.identifier.volume40en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPsychological Society of South Africaen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.psyssa.com/Mypsyssa/myjournal.asp
dc.rights© Psychological Society of South Africa. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectCharacteren
dc.subjectExecutive functioningen
dc.subjectNeuropsychologyen
dc.subjectPsychobiological theoryen
dc.subjectPersonalityen
dc.subjectTemperamenten
dc.titleTemperament and character correlates of neuropsychological performanceen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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