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Peer reviewedPfeifer, Marcie; Goldsmith, H. H.; Davidson, Richard J.; Rickman, Maureen – Child Development, 2002
Examined longitudinally changes in inhibition from toddler age to age 4 and age 7 years. Found that temperament change in children who tested as inhibited or uninhibited as toddlers was more common than remaining extremely inhibited or uninhibited, but that change was largely limited to intermediate groups. Subgroups distinguished by responses on…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Longitudinal Studies, Personality Change, Personality Development
Peer reviewedKagan, Jerome; Snidman, Nancy; Arcus, Doreen – Child Development, 1998
Observed 193 children at 4.5 years who had been classified at 4 months as high or low reactive to stimulation for signs of inhibited or uninhibited behavior. Children classified as high reactive were less spontaneous and less sociable than low-reactive children, but only a small proportion maintained a consistently inhibited or uninhibited…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Infants
Peer reviewedRubin, Kenneth H.; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Examined toddlers' behavioral inhibition and wariness with peers in novel situations involving unfamiliar settings, adults, and peers. Found little consistency of inhibited behavior across the three situations. Consistently inhibited toddlers had fearful temperaments, showed distress after maternal separation, and had mothers who were warm and…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Inhibition, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Parent Child Relationship
