Temperament in childhood.

Abstract

Partial table of contents: CONCEPTS AND MEASURES. Temperament as an Intervening Variable (R. Hinde). Temperament in Childhood: A Framework (M. Rothbart). TEMPERAMENT AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. Behavior-Genetic Approaches to Temperament (H. Goldsmith). Issues in the Study of Temperament (J. Kagan, et al.). TEMPERAMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. Temperament and Personality (A. Thomas & S. Chess). Temperament and Cognition: Relations between Temperament and Mental Test Scores (A. Matheny). APPLICATIONS OF TEMPERAMENT CONCEPTS. Issues in the Clinical Application of Temperament (S. Chess & A. Thomas). Temperament in Developmentally Disabled Children (S. Goldberg & S. Marcovitch). CROSS-CULTURAL, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SEX AND OTHER GROUP DIFFERENCES. Sociocultural Factors and Temperament (W. Fullard, et al.). The Australian Temperament Project (M. Prior, et al.). HISTORICAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. Temperament in Childhood: The German Contribution (H. Meyer). Temperament Research in Scandinavia (A. Torgerson). Indexes.