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ACTIVITY LEVEL AND BEHAVIORAL STYLE IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Zeanah Charles H.,
Korner Anneliese F.,
Berkowitz Robert I.,
Linden Janine
Publication year - 1985
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.1469-7610.1985.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , style (visual arts) , clinical psychology , archaeology , history
A portable microcomputer activity recorder was used to measure a 24‐hour sample of activity level in 4‐ to 8‐year‐old children. Recorded activity level was not related to parental perception of activity level and did not differentiate children with differing behavioral styles. Parental perception of activity level, on the other hand, significantly differentiated children's behavioral style. Parents may be responding to a composite image of the child's behavioral style when they rate activity level. We urge caution in the use of the term ‘activity level’, which may have different meanings according to how it is measured.