Associations between Early Childhood Temperament Clusters and Later Psychosocial Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Sanson, Ann; Letcher, Primrose; Smart, Diana; Prior, Margot; Toumbourou, John W.; Oberklaid, Frank
Titel	Associations between Early Childhood Temperament Clusters and Later Psychosocial Adjustment
Quelle	In: Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 55 (2009) 1, S.26-54 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-930X
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Infants; Young Children; Personality Traits; Student Adjustment; Adjustment (to Environment); Correlation; Interpersonal Competence; Preadolescents; Foreign Countries; Inhibition; Attention Span; Self Control; At Risk Students; Longitudinal Studies; Questionnaires; Factor Analysis; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Anxiety; Aggression; Hyperactivity; Reading Ability; Australia; Social Skills Rating System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Korrelation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Ausland; Hemmung; Selbstbeherrschung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Fragebogen; Faktorenanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Angst; Hyperaktivität; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Australien
Abstract	The study adopted a person-centered approach to examine whether clusters of children could be identified on the basis of temperament profiles assessed on four occasions from infancy to early childhood, and if so whether differing temperament clusters were associated with subsequent differences in behavior problems, social skills, and school adjustment in middle and late childhood. Parent, teacher, and self-report data were obtained from a large community-based cohort sample of Australian children, followed prospectively from infancy to late childhood. Four temperament clusters were identified. Children in the clusters labeled as reactive/inhibited and poor attention regulation tended to have higher levels of later behavior problems than children in clusters labeled nonreactive/outgoing and high attention regulation. Results suggested that a person-oriented clustering approach can identify children on the basis of early temperament who are at greater risk for behavioral, academic, and social difficulties four to eight years later. (Contains 5 tables, 1 figure, and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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