Cyclothymic Hypersensitive Temperament, Emotion Regulation, Positive and Negative Affects, and Attachment Style in a Non-Clinical Sample: Gender and Ethnic Differences and Predictors
Author(s): Siamak Khodarahimi, Intan H. M. Hashimah, Norzarina Mohd-Zaharim
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to examine the validity of cyclothymic hypersensitive temperament (CHT) and its relationships with emotional functioning and attachment style and to investigate the roles of gender and ethnicity in these relationships. Participants were 308 undergraduate students from a public university in Malaysia. A demographic questionnaire and four self-rated measures were used in this study. Resulting data demonstrated that CHT is a multidimensional construct with nine factors. Emotion regulation was significantly positively correlated with hypersensitivity and mood cyclicity subscales and they were negatively related to risky urge subscale of CHT. Positive and negative emotions were significantly positively related to mood cyclicity, hyperemotionality, composure inability, impulsivity and CHT. Fearful preoccupied and dismissing attachment styles were related to the CHT and its dimensions with different degrees. Gender and ethnicity influenced two of CHT and attachment subscales. Positive emotion, preoccupied and fearful styles altogether explained 16 percent of variance in CHT.
Pages: 183-198
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