. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 3.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Pers Cent Med. 2011 Apr;1(1):43–52. doi: 10.5750/ijpcm.v1i1.21

Table 1.

The probability of being immature in Character as a function of the configuration of TCI Temperament traits (reproduced with permission of the Washington University Center for Well-Being)

Temperament Type	Configuration Code ^(a)	Number of Subjects	% Immature ^(b)
Explosive	NHr	39	72
Methodical	nHr	44	59
Adventurous	Nhr	25	48
Sensitive	NHR	30	40
Average	---	15	33
Avoidant	nHR	30	17
Independent	Nhr	31	16
Passionate	NhR	50	12
Staid	nhR	36	6
(Total)		(300)	(33)

^(a)

Code indicates Novelty Seeking is high (N) or low (n), Harm Avoidance is high (H) or low (h), and Reward Dependence is high (R) or low (r).

^(b)

Immaturity is based on being in the bottom third of general population in sum of Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness, a strong measure of personality disorder or immaturity [37]