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DIMENSIONS OF TEMPERAMENT IN INFANT SCHOOL CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Garside R. F.,
Birch H.,
Mci. Scott D.,
Chambers S.,
Kolvin I.,
Tweddle E. G.,
Barber L. M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1975.tb01271.x
Subject(s) - temperament , psychology , developmental psychology , personality , social psychology
SUMMARY A Principal Component Analysis of 39 temperamental attributes on a random sample of 209 infant school children produced four meaningful components. These identified components make an important contribution to an understanding of temperamental organization. A brief questionnaire using the above data has been developed for measuring temperament in infant school children. There are 30 questions with appropriate probes which relate to four components (dimensions): (a) Withdrawal, poor adaptation, dependence, etc.; (b) High activity, intensity, distractibility, etc.; (c) Moodiness, sulkiness; (d) Irregularity. Tentative norms arc provided for the above dimensions.