Temperament is examined from a longitudinal, within-individual perspective in order to investigate short-term change and patterns of temperament changes. For 100 consectutive days five mothers completed a temperament survey, reporting on their own and their two-year-old children's behavior. Patterns of change were identified for both mothers and…

The Multidimensional Aggression Scale containing 34 variables of aggression, categorized along the dimensions of intensity, agent, and directionality, was used to score the doll play responses of 123 black preschool children. The data supported the contention that aggression can be conceptualized along several dimensions. (Author/CS)

The present study looks primarily at the correlates of drug use among a sample of female undergraduate students at a State University in West Virginia. (Author)

Factor-analyzed objective measures of interpersonal behavior presumed to be tapping assertiveness. Most of the behavioral measures loaded highly on a general factor of assertiveness. The fifth behavioral measure loaded highly on a separate factor, response latency. All behavioral measures with the exception of response latency evidenced…

TO DETERMINE WHETHER STATUS-POSITIONS MAY BE CHARACTERIZED BY CERTAIN GENERAL BEHAVIORAL DISPOSITIONS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS, FACTOR ANALYSIS WAS EMPLOYED IN A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF 52 STATUS-POSITIONS, INCLUDING SELECTED ETHNIC, OCCUPATIONAL, AGE, SEX, AND FAMILIAL CATEGORIES, WITH 28 PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS, AS…

Intercorrelations among primary personality traits of the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire were factor analyzed with 925 normal adults and 950 clinical cases. When separate analyses were carried out for men and women, 10 second-order factors were clearly replicated across the two data sets. (Author)

Mothers of children attending nursery schools completed the Behavior Style Questionnaire (BSQ) from which scores for nine temperament categories were derived. Found membership in groups based on factor scores independent of sex, socioeconomic class, age but not ordinal birth position. (Author)

The article presents the results of a data analysis intended to examine the relationship between children's personality, maternal beliefs and childrearing behaviour and various disabilities on the one hand (mildly, moderate or severe mental handicap, sensorial handicap, developmental disabilities) and mothers' educational level on the other. Data…