A Study of the Coupling of FET Temperament Traits with Major Depression

Frontiers in Psychology

Irina N. Trofimova¹ 

关键词: Major Depression;    temperament profiles;    DSM/ICD descriptors;    FET framework;    sex differences;    age differences;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01848

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Objective: Temperament and mental illness have been linked to the same systems of behavioral regulation. A temperament model, carefully structured to respond to subtle differences within systems of behavior regulation, should exhibit distinct temperament patterns in the presence of mental illness. Previous comparisons of temperament profiles in mental disorders used mostly emotionality-related traits. In contrast, the Functional Ensemble of Temperament (FET) model differentiates not only between emotionality traits, but also between traits related to physical, verbal, and mental aspects of behavior and maps 12 functional aspects of behavior to temperament traits as well as to symptoms of mental illnesses. This article reports on the coupling of sex, age, and temperament traits with Major Depression (MD) using the FET framework.

【 授权许可】

CC BY