In psychology, persistence (PS) is a personality trait. It is measured with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) and is considered one of the four temperament ...
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traits. Persistence refers to perseverance in spite of fatigue or frustration.
C. Robert Cloninger´s research found that persistence, like the other temperament traits, is highly heritable.
The subscales of PS in TCI-R consist of:
Eagerness of effort (PS1)Work hardened (PS2)Ambitious (PS3)Perfectionist (PS4)A study comparing the Temperament and Character Inventory to the five factor model of personality found that persistence is substantially associated with[clarification needed] conscientiousness. Additionally, persistence is moderately positively associated with[clarification needed] the TCI trait of self-transcendence. Research also found that persistence is positively correlated with Activity in Zuckerman´s Alternative Five model, and is negatively correlated with psychoticism in Eysenck´s model.
