Resistência/reatividade psicológica e personalidade em adolescentes

Abstract

Este estudo teve como principal objectivo analisar a relação entre as dimensões do modelo biopsicossocial da personalidade de Robert Cloninger e reactividade psicológica em adolescentes. Participaram no estudo 1542 adolescentes com idades compreendidas entre os 12 e os 18 anos. Para a recolha de dados foi utilizado um questionário sociodemográfico, a escala de reactividade psicológica de Hong, a escala de reactividade terapêutica de Dowd e o inventário de temperamento e carácter da personalidade júnior TCI-J de Robert Cloninger. Os resultados apontaram para a existência de associações significativas entre as dimensões de personalidade e a reactividade em adolescentes; associações positivas entre resistência e procura de novidade, auto transcendência e respectivas facetas, e associações negativas, entre reactividade e evitamento ao perigo, dependência de recompensa, persistência, determinação e cooperação na escala de reactividade psicológica de Hong. Em relação à escala de reactividade terapêutica de Dowd, os resultados demonstraram associações positivas com a procura de novidade, determinação e auto transcendência, associação negativa com o evitamento ao perigo e nenhuma relação com a dependência de recompensa, persistência e cooperação. Estes resultados sugerem que as duas escalas da reactividade avaliam fenómenos diferentes e que as dimensões do modelo psicobiológico da personalidade estão significativamente correlacionadas com a escala psicológica de Hong e parcialmente correlacionadas com o total da escala terapêutica de Dowd.

Abstract: This study aimed to examine the relationship between cloninger biopsychosocial model of personality and psychological reactance in adolescents. This study analyzed 1542 subjects aged between 12 and 18 including. For the data collection was used a socio-demographic questionnaire, Hong Psychological Reactance Scale, Dowd Therapeutic Reactance Scale and also included the Robert Cloninger TCI-J personality test. The results showed the existence of significant associations between personality and reactance in adolescents. The results showed the existence of significant associations between personality dimensions and reactivity in adolescents; positive associations between resistance and novelty seeking, self-transcendence and its facets, and negative associations between reactance and harm avoidance, and reward dependence, persistence, determination and cooperation in the Hong psychological reactance scale. Regarding Dowd´s therapeutic reactance scale, the results showed positive associations with novelty seeking, self-directedness and self-transcendence, a negative association with harm avoidance and no relation to reward dependence, persistence and cooperation. These results suggest that the two reactance scales assess different phenomena and that the dimensions of the psychobiological model of personality are significantly correlated with Hong´s psychological reactance scale and partially correlated with Dowd´s therapeutic reactance scale.

Abstract: This study aimed to examine the relationship between cloninger biopsychosocial model of personality and psychological reactance in adolescents. This study analyzed 1542 subjects aged between 12 and 18 including. For the data collection was used a socio-demographic questionnaire, Hong Psychological Reactance Scale, Dowd Therapeutic Reactance Scale and also included the Robert Cloninger TCI-J personality test. The results showed the existence of significant associations between personality and reactance in adolescents. The results showed the existence of significant associations between personality dimensions and reactivity in adolescents; positive associations between resistance and novelty seeking, self-transcendence and its facets, and negative associations between reactance and harm avoidance, and reward dependence, persistence, determination and cooperation in the Hong psychological reactance scale. Regarding Dowd´s therapeutic reactance scale, the results showed positive associations with novelty seeking, self-directedness and self-transcendence, a negative association with harm avoidance and no relation to reward dependence, persistence and cooperation. These results suggest that the two reactance scales assess different phenomena and that the dimensions of the psychobiological model of personality are significantly correlated with Hong´s psychological reactance scale and partially correlated with Dowd´s therapeutic reactance scale.