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. 2023 Jan 28;11(1):28.
doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01064-y.

Validation of the Arabic version of the 35-item TEMPS-M in a community sample of adults

Feten Fekih-Romdhane #  1   2 , Ecem Yakın #  3 , Zeinab Bitar #  4 , Diana Malaeb  5   6 , Toni Sawma  7 , Sahar Obeid #  8 , Souheil Hallit #  9   10   11   12
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Validation of the Arabic version of the 35-item TEMPS-M in a community sample of adults

Feten Fekih-Romdhane et al. BMC Psychol. .

Abstract

Background: To our knowledge, no brief version of the Temperament Evaluation in Memphis Pisa and San Diego (TEMPS-M) is available so far in the Arabic language, which might have resulted in limited research in this field from Arab countries. We aimed through this study to validate the 35-item TEMPS-M into the Arabic language in a sample of non-clinical Lebanese adults.

Methods: We used an online cross-sectional survey targeting non-clinical Lebanese adults from the general population. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to test the factorial structure of the TEMPS-M.

Results: All five temperament subscales achieved good/very good internal consistencies in the present study (depressive: α = 0.78, cyclothymic: α = 0.86, hyperthymic: α = 0.83, irritable: α = 0.87, and anxious: α = 0.87). The five-factor solution of the TEMPS-M displayed a good CFI of 0.94, TLI of .94 and a GFI of .95, but a poor RMSEA of .10 [90% CI .10, .11]. The five affective temperaments showed positive correlations with personality dysfunction domains, thus attesting for convergent validity. In addition, positive correlations between all affective temperament dimensions and anxiety/depression scores were found. We also tested for gender invariance, and found that configural, metric, and scalar invariance were supported across gender.

Conclusion: Our data suggest that the psychometric properties of the Arabic TEMPS-M are good. Making this scale available in Arabic will hopefully encourage Arab researchers to investigate this under-explored topic in their countries, and advance knowledge on how culture impacts the prevalence, development and course of temperament.

Keywords: Affective temperament; Arabic; Confirmatory factor analysis; TEMPS-M; Validation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have nothing to disclose.

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Standardized factor loadings and correlations between latent variables for five-factor model of the TEMPS (p < 0.001 for all loading factors). F1 = depressive, F2 = cyclothymic, F3 = hyperthymic, F4 = irritable, F5 = anxious
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