The Revised Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-R): Normative data for the Portuguese population

The revised version of Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-R) is a self-report measure assessing the four Temperament dimensions and the three Character dimensions described by the psychobiological model of personality. To understand whether, and how, the personality characteristics of specific subpopulations or individuals deviate from 'normality', it is essential to have reliable normative data from a reference population. The objective of this study was to describe the normative data of the TCI-R in the adult Portuguese population. The normative data was based on a large (n = 2442) sample obtained via stratified sampling. We summarize TCI-R scale and subscale scores for the whole sample, and explore differences between men and women, and between groups of different ages. We also provide tables of norms (percentiles). This article provides a relevant contribution to psychological assessment in Portugal, by presenting normative data for the TCI-R for the Portuguese population, which are crucial for research, evaluation, and intervention involving Portuguese individuals.