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The influence of temperament on the development of coping: The role of maturation and experience
Author(s) -
Rueda M. Rosario,
Rothbart Mary K.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.240
Subject(s) - temperament , psychology , coping (psychology) , developmental psychology , personality , reactivity (psychology) , personality development , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Temperament refers to individual differences in two broad aspects of behavior: (1) emotional, motor, and attentional reactivity and (2) self‐regulatory processes that modulate such reactivity. These individual differences are grounded in people's constitution and influence both stress reactions and patterns of coping. In this chapter, we examine how individual differences in temperament are conceptually linked to the development of coping and how this association is modulated by the maturation of brain systems underlying temperament. Finally, we argue about the possibility of improving children's coping abilities through intervention programs designed to foster self‐regulation.