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Child Behavior Ratings: The Influence of Maternal Characteristics and Child Temperament
Author(s) -
Lancaster Sandra,
Prior Margot,
Adler Robert
Publication year - 1989
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.1469-7610.1989.tb00773.x
Subject(s) - temperament , psychology , developmental psychology , personality , clinical psychology , social psychology
This study investigated the extent to which maternal characteristics, such as psychological health problems, marital adjustment and confidence in mother/wife roles, Influenced how mothers rated the behavior of their first‐born children ( n =100) on the Pre‐school Behavior Questionnaire. Results showed that these characteristics were powerful predictors of behavior ratings In contrast, the independent contribution of child temperament ratings was relatively small. It was concluded that child behavior problem and temperament measures may be confounded. Maternal ratings constitute a valuable source of information concerning parent‐child interaction which deserve further investigation, especially of their influence on generally accepted measures of child behavioral adjustment.