Differences in temperament and character dimensions in adolescents with various conduct disorders
Background/Aim. Adolescence is characterized both by a large developmental potential and by an increased risk for emergence of different forms of psychopathology. International classifications of mental disorders recognize the psychopathology of adolescence at the age of 15−18 through the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2016/0042-84501600022D.pdf |
| Summary: | Background/Aim. Adolescence is characterized both by a large developmental
potential and by an increased risk for emergence of different forms of
psychopathology. International classifications of mental disorders recognize
the psychopathology of adolescence at the age of 15−18 through the
categories of conduct disorders and some forms of addiction: chemical and
non-chemical. The aim of this research was to analyse the personality
structure among four groups of adolescents manifesting different types of
conduct disorder based on Cloninger’s Psychobiological theory of
personality. Methods. The research sample consisted of 140 respondents at
the age of 16−18, divided into five groups: 30 respondents manifesting
socialized conduct disorder, 20 adolescents in conflict with the law, 30
respondents manifesting abuse of psychoactive substances, 30 respondents
with the problem of the Internet addiction and 30 from general population.
The Belgrade Adolescent Personality Inventory (BAPI) questionnaire was used
for the purpose of assessment of personality. Multivariate analysis of
variance (MANOVA), followed by univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) was
used to examine differences between the given groups of adolescents.
Results. The results of MANOVA show differences in the personality structure
among the groups, both in the dimensions of temperament, F (20,418.84) =
2.71, p < 0.001, Wilks’s lambda 0.67, and in the dimensions of character, F
(12,344.24) = 3.27, p < 0.001, Wilks’s lambda is 0.75. Socialized conduct
disorder is characterized by low selfdirectedness and average
cooperativeness. Adolescents in conflict with the law have the lowest
persistence, together with low self-directedness and cooperativeness.
Adolescents abusing psychoactive substances have low harm avoidance and
self-transcendence. Adolescents with Internet addiction are characterized by
high novelty seeking (impulsivity and curiosity), low self-directedness and
the lowest cooperativeness. Conclusion. The results show that the dimensions
of personality can play an important role in etiopathogenesis of various
disorders in adolescents. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-8450 2406-0720 |