1951 – The Role Of Self-transcendence In Personality And Its Impact On Quality Of Life
M.M. Minodora, D.C. Herta, D.M.C. Cozman
European Psychiatry 2013 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(13)76892-5 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational cross-sectional study Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 131 |
| Population | Patients with personality disorder aged 19 to 62 |
| Measures | Temperament and Character Inventory, Multicultural Quality of Life Index |
| Key findings | Self-Transcendence scores correlated significantly with Multicultural Quality of Life Index scores, with roughly 3.5% of the variance in quality-of-life scores attributable to Self-Transcendence variation. The authors argue that personality, via character dimensions, directly influences quality-of-life scores and that assessing self-transcendence opens doors of knowledge in personology. |
Abstract
Introduction: The concept of person is connected to personality and self-transcendence belongs to its structure, as core component. The assessment of self-transcendence as part of human personality opens the gate of self-awareness in personology. Robert Cloninger is a distinctive researcher because he states that the comprehensive assessment of the human being includes the moral-spiritual dimension which implies deep self-awareness, in the absence of which subjective well-being is not possible. Thus, in Cloninger's view self-transcendence is a character dimension. Self-transcendent individuals are often described as un-demanding, fulfilled, enduring, creative, altruistic, spiritualized. High self-transcendence has adaptive advantages when the individuals deals with suffering and death, which are inevitable once the person grows older. Material and
Method: 131 patients with personality disorder aged 19 to 62 were included in the study. Temperament and Character Inventory; Multicultural Quality of Life Index (J. Mezzich et all, 2000). Specific objective of the study: The assessment of the relationship between the scores in personality dimensions and the quality of life.
Results: Significant correlations were ascertained between the character dimension Self-transcendence and the Multicultural Quality of Life Index. Thus, according to this correlation analysis, (r2 = 0,035) of the variation of the score on the Multicultural Quality of Life Index is given by variations of the Self-Transcendence score.
Conclusions: The assessment of the self-transcendence dimension as part of human personality opens the doors of knowledge in personology. Human personality directly influences scores in quality of life scales through character dimensions.