Temperament

Temperament consists of the individual differences in emotion, motor activation and attentional reaction to stimuli. Temperament shapes children’s outcomes and influences the way they interact with their environment and how adults and children respond to them.

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Development

Early Temperament and Psychosocial Development

Mary K. Rothbart, PhD

University of Oregon, USA

November 2019, 2^nd rev. ed.

Temperament

Jerome Kagan, PhD

Harvard University, USA

November 2019, 2^nd rev. ed.

Temperamental Effortful Control (Self-Regulation)

Nancy Eisenberg, PhD

Arizona State University, USA

April 2012, Rev. ed.

Temperament, Parenting and Implications for Development

Alice C. Schermerhorn, PhD, John E. Bates, PhD

Indiana University, USA

April 2012

Temperament and Its Impact on Child Development: Comments on Rothbart, Kagan, Eisenberg, and Schermerhorn and Bates

Susan D. Calkins, PhD

University of North Carolina, USA

April 2012, Rev. ed.

The Impact of Temperament on Child Development: Comments on Rothbart, Eisenberg, Kagan, and Schermerhorn and Bates

Rebecca L. Shiner, PhD

Colgate University, USA

May 2012, Rev. ed.

Topic Editor:

Mary K. Rothbart, PhD, University of Oregon, USA

Last update: June 2012

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