| Description |
xv, 270 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Historical background -- Theoretical and operational framework -- Temperament and its delineation -- Temperament and behavior disorder -- Temperament and developmental deviations -- Temperament and parent-child interaction -- Temperament and other interpersonal relations -- Temperament and school functioning -- Temperament and health care practices -- Measurement and rating of temperament -- Origins of temperament -- Consistency and inconsistency of temperament over time -- Temperament in the older child and the adult -- Practical implications -- Theoretical issues |
| Summary |
This long-awaited new volume arising from the authors' famed 20-year New York Longitudinal Study shows the significance of temperament, as it interacts with significant feature of the environment, for normal and deviant psychological development of the different groups of children who have been followed from infancy into adolescence and adulthood--Jacket |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Developmental psychology.
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Temperament.
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Child Development.
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Personality Development.
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Personality.
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| Author |
Chess, Stella.
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| LC no. |
76049428 |
| ISBN |
0876301391 |
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