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Munro, Gordon; Adams, Gerald R. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
College students and working youth between the ages of 18 and 21 were approached in public places and asked to volunteer for an interview. A total of 57 participants responded to a semistructured Ego Identity Status Interview and an Ego Identity Incomplete Sentence Blank. (JMB)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Laborers, Personality Assessment

Matheny, Adam P. Jr.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Assessed temperament of newborn twins using comprehensive neonatal exam that focused on irritability, resistance to soothing activity, and reinforcement value. Some infants were later assessed at 9 months. Emotional activity appeared to be core dimension stretching over ages and is discussed in relation to formulations of infant temperament.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emotional Response, Individual Differences, Infants

van den Boom, Dymphna C.; Hoeksma, Jan B. – Developmental Psychology, 1994
To further understanding of temperament-interaction relationships, patterns of interactive behavior were observed in 30 lower-class mother-infant dyads (15 irritable and 15 nonirritable infants) at monthly intervals over a 6-month period. Findings revealed that maternal behavior was systematically more positive with nonirritable infants that with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Infants, Lower Class Parents