The structural and rank-order stability of temperament in young children based on a laboratory-observational measure

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1388-1401

  Dyson, Margaret W ^a   Olino, Thomas M ^b   Durbin, C Emily ^c   Hill Goldsmith, H ^d   Bufferd, Sara J ^e   Miller, Anna R ^f   Klein, Daniel N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland   (United States)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Stability; Structural equation modeling; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LABORATORY TEMPERAMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEMPERAMENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84927928291     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000104     Document Type: Article

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