Spanish validation of the Barcelona TEMPS-A questionnaire in patients with bipolar disorder and general population

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 249; pp. 199 - 207
• Main Authors: Jiménez, Esther, Bonnín, Caterina del Mar, Solé, Brisa, Sánchez-Moreno, Jose, Reinares, María, Torrent, Carla, Torres, Imma, Salagre, Estela, Varo, Cristina, Ruíz, Victoria, Giménez, Anna, Benabarre, Antoni, Gutiérrez-Rojas, Luís, Cervilla, Jorge, Sáiz, Pilar A., García-Portilla, M Paz, Bobes, Julio, Amann, Benedikt L., Martínez-Arán, Anabel, Vieta, Eduard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.04.2019
• Subjects: Bipolar disorder; Non-clinical population; Psychometric properties; Spanish; Temperament; TEMPS-A; Validation; Validation; Bipolar disorder; Spanish; Non-clinical population; Temperament; Psychometric properties; TEMPS-A
• ISSN: 0165-0327; 1573-2517
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.02.037

•The Barcelona TEMPS-A presents a good internal consistency and inner structure and has been proved to be a reliable and valid tool to explore affective temperaments.•This validation has been carried out with a large sample including patients with bipolar disorder and non-clinical population.•The temperamental profile proved to remain stable over a wide period of time in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder.•Psychometric properties of the Barcelona TEMPS-A are good, in line with the original scale and previous validations in other languages. 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, hyperthymic, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.