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A Personality Profile of Oppositional Children as Measured on Selected Scales of the Personality Inventory for Children.
Rapp, Doris Jean Gaines; Hutchinson, Roger L. – 1987
By means of 12 selected subscales of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC), which were used to plot profiles, this study investigated personality characteristics of oppositional children. In general, oppositional children are children who do not do what is asked of them. In particular, oppositional behavior consists of at least 6 months of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Comparative Analysis, Individual Characteristics
Hyperactive and Normal Girls and Boys: Mother-Child Interaction, Parent Psychiatric Status and Child Psychopathology.
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Befera, Marilyn Schulte; Barkley, Russell A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1985
Hyperactive children were less compliant and more negative than were nonhyperactive controls, and their mothers responded more negatively to their compliance than mothers of nonhyperactive children. Mothers of hyperactive children reported more psychological difficulties in relatives and rated their children as more deviant than nonhyperactive…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics, Hyperactivity
The Temperament of Down's Syndrome Toddlers and Their Siblings.
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Gunn, P.; Berry, P. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1985
Compares Down's Syndrome children with normal siblings on various temperament dimensions, using data collected from mothers' completion of the Toddler Temperament Scale and followup questionnaire. (NH)
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Mothers
Social Desirability Responses in Jewish and Arab Children in Israel
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Sohlberg, Shaul C. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1976
The main finding is that in a large middle class sample of students in grades 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12, Israeli-Arab subjects in each one of the five different age groups show a statistically significant higher SD level than their Jewish counter-parts. (Author)
Descriptors: Arabs, Children, Comparative Analysis, Ethnic Groups
Affect Regulation and Temperament in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Konstantareas, M. Mary; Stewart, Kelly – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Affect regulation (AR) and temperament were examined in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To determine AR, children were exposed to a mildly frustrating situation. Temperament was assessed by the Children's Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ). Children with ASD showed greater variability in AR and used less effective AR strategies compared to…
Descriptors: Personality, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Child Behavior