Psychometric properties of the Hong Kong Chinese (Cantonese) TEMPS-A in medical students》.pdf

Journal of Affective Disorders 170 (2015) 23 –29 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Affective Disorders journal homepage: /locate/jad Research report Psychometric properties of the Hong Kong Chinese (Cantonese) TEMPS-A in medical students $ Chi Ming Leung a,n, Arthur D.P. Mak b, Yu Tao Xiang c, Sing Lee b, Connie T.Y. Yan a, Tony Leung b, Daniel Bessonov d, Kareen K. Akiskal d, Hagop S. Akiskal d a Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong, China b Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China c Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China d International Mood Center, University of California, San Diego, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Background: The self-rated auto-questionnaire, the Temperament Scale of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Received 27 April 2014 Diego (TEMPS-A) is the latest development in the study of temperamental attributes. It has been used Received in revised form and validated in different cultures and countries. The current study aims at validating the Chinese 26 July 2014 (Cantonese) version of the TEMPS-A and comparing the psychometric properties of the long and short Accepted 6 August 2014 forms of the translated scale. Available online 27 August 2014 Methods: The Chinese (Cantonese) version of TEMPS-A was prepared with the standard translation and Keywords: