Temperament: Early Developing Personality Traits

- Introduction
1. \"The Measurement of Temperament\", John E. Bates
-- General Definition
-- Specific Definitions
-- Goals for Improving Temperament Assessment
-- References
2. \"Issues of Stability and Continuity in Temperament Research\", Robert B. McCall
-- The Two Realms of Development
-- Stability and Continuity of Temperament
-- Conclusions
-- References
3. \"Continuity and Discontinuity of Temperament in Infancy and Early Childhood: A Psychometric Perspective\", Sean C. McDevitt
-- Developmental Trends in Continuity and Stability of Temperament
-- Birth to Three Months
-- Four to Eleven Months Prediction
-- One-Year Prediction
-- Two-Year Prediction
-- Early Childhood Prediction
-- Summary and Implications
-- References
4. \"The New York Longitudinal Study: From Infancy to Early Adult Life\", Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess
-- Measures Utilized
-- Continuity and Change in Temperament
-- NYLS Quantitative Analyses of Continuity in Temperament
-- Easy-Difficult Temperament: Continuity and Predictability
-- Qualitative Study of Individual Subjects
-- Goodness of Fit
-- The Concept of Difficult Temperament
-- Directions for Future Research
-- References
5. \"Temperamental Inhibition in Early Childhood\", Jerome Kagan, J. Steven Reznick, and Nancy Snidman
-- Summary of Current Work
-- Conclusions
-- References
6. \"The EAS Approach to Temperament\", Arnold H. Buss and Robert Plomin
-- Conceptual Changes
-- Nature
-- Nurture
-- Conclusion
-- References
7. \"Behavior-Genetics Research in Infant Temperament: The Louisville Twin Study\", Ronald S. Wilson and Adam P. Matheny, Jr.
-- Parental Reports
-- Direct Observations
-- Results for Expanded Sample
-- References
8. \"Children and Adolescents in Their Contexts: Tests of a Goodness of Fit Model\", Richard M. Lerner, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Michael Windle, Karen Hooker, Kathleen Lenerz, and Patricia L. East
-- The Goodness of Fit Model
-- Tests of The Goodness of Fit Model
-- Conclusions
-- References
9.\"Changes in Associations Between Characteristics and Interactions\", Joan Stevenson-Hinde and Robert A. Hinde
-- Initial Considerations
-- Effects of Context on Associations
-- Effects of Time on Associations
-- Effects of Sex on Associations
-- Effects of Other Characteristics on Associations
-- Summary
-- References
10. \"Temperament, Development, and Culture\", Charles M. Super and Sara Harkness
-- Environments are Organized and They Organize Development
-- Current Research on Group Differences in Temperament
-- Four New Questions
-- Cultural Differences in Temperament
-- References
11. \"Clinical Interactions of Temperament: Transitions from Infancy to Childhood\", William B. Carey
-- Introduction
-- Temperament as an Outcome of Clinical Conditions
-- Temperament as a Factor Predisposing to Clinical Conditions
-- Bidirectional Effects or Uncertain Ones
-- Conclusion: A Plea for More Clinical Research
-- Summary
-- References
12. \"Commentary: Issues for Future Research\", Judith Dunn
-- 1. Developmental Change and its Relation to Temperament
-- 2. Individual and Environment
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index