Cloningers

Cloningers is a surname. It may refer to people who bear the surname Cloninger. Notable individuals include Robert N. Cloninger (born 1944), an American psychiatrist and geneticist known for developing the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), a psychometric tool used to study personality and its relationship to mental health and addiction. Cloninger has held faculty positions at universities including Washington University in St. Louis, and his broader research has explored the biological and environmental determinants of personality, the genetics of personality traits, and the neurochemical correlates of behavioral patterns. His work has influenced approaches to diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorders and personality disorders, and he has authored numerous scholarly articles and books on psychology and psychiatry. The surname Cloninger is relatively uncommon, and individuals bearing it have appeared in various professional fields, particularly in medicine and academia. The plural form Cloningers is used in reference to multiple people who share the surname.