Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) Test

People who want to understand recurring patterns in mood, energy, sociability, and emotional reactivity can use this assessment as a structured starting point. The Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) Test is intended for readers exploring how characteristic tendencies may shape everyday choices, relationships, and responses to pressure. As a temperament assessment, it produces a multidimensional profile rather than a single label.

What This Assessment Explores

The result is organized around four displayed dimensions. In this TEMPS-A questionnaire, the profile presents each tendency using the definitions assigned to these four temperament dimensions; it is descriptive rather than a ranking of the person as good or bad. The scales are:

• Dysthymic (0-100) reflects low self-esteem, fatigue, criticism sensitivity, self-blame, and harmony-preserving restraint; bands: Low 0-49, Moderate 50-73, High 74-100.
• Irritable (0-100) reflects impatience, impulsive anger, and difficulty regulating emotion under stress; bands: Low 0-49, Moderate 50-73, High 74-100.
• Cyclothymic (0-100) reflects intense shifts in mood and energy that may affect decisions, self-esteem, and social functioning; bands: Low 0-49, Moderate 50-73, High 74-100.
• Hyperthymic (0-100) reflects cheerfulness, sociability, optimism, energy, productivity, and self-regulation; bands: Low 0-49, Moderate 50-73, High 74-100.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement uses a Yes/No response and asks whether a described experience or behavior applies to the respondent. The items cover mood, energy, sociability, sensitivity, anger, impulsivity, and shifts between engagement and withdrawal. Responses are grouped by temperament domain and shown as separate scores; because item-level weights are not documented for this online format, the ranges do not reveal how many points an answer contributes.

As an affective temperament questionnaire, this online assessment is conceptually consistent with published TEMPS-A instruments, including the TEMPS-A Clinical Version (Akiskal et al., 2005), a self-rated instrument covering these domains. Work by Akiskal et al. (2005) on a short self-rated format adds relevant evidence, and Elias et al. (2017) reviews validation findings across TEMPS instruments. This relationship is conceptual: the online questionnaire is not the published instrument itself.

Findings vary across languages, samples, and versions, so those studies do not establish norms, reliability, or clinical standardization for this format. Self-report results may reflect current circumstances, memory, self-awareness, and response style. Read the profile as an organized indication of relative temperament tendencies, not as a diagnosis or complete account of mental health.