Reliability and Validation of the Short Version of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-56) in University Student

Subject Areas : Educational

Farzaneh Ranjbar Noushari ¹ , Abbas Abolghasemi ² , Majid Baradaran ³ , Samereh Asadi Majreh ⁴ , mehri mowlaie ⁵

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
5 - Ph.D of psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

Received: 2020-08-25 Accepted : 2020-11-04 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: validitation, reliability, Temperament, character, university student,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of short version of temperament and character inventory in University student. This descriptive study was a survey type. The statistical population of the study included all undergraduate students of Payame Noor University of Guilan in the academic year 1396-97, that 350 students (217 females and 133 males) were selected by multi-stage clustering sampling. The Temperament and Character Inventory (Adan & et al, 2009) and the NEO-Five Factor Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1989) was used for collecting the data. The coefficients obtained for the subscales through Cronbach's alpha and test-retest reliability showed the appropriate reliability of this instrument. Convergent validity were examined by correlating with NEO-Five Factor Inventory that results were significant. Also, based on the results of confirmatory factor analysis, The seven factors proposed in the Cloninger's model (innovation, harm avoidance, reward reward, perseverance, perseverance, self-direction, cooperation, self-avoidance) have a good fit. According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the short version of TCI has a good reliability and validity in Iranian samples and it is suitable for use in research and clinical fields.

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