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De Pauw, Sarah S. W.; Mervielde, Ivan – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
The numerous temperament and personality constructs in childhood impede the systematic integration of findings on how these individual differences relate to developmental psychopathology. This paper reviews the main temperament and personality theories and proposes a theoretical taxonomy representing the common structure of both temperament and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Antisocial Behavior, Psychopathology, Children
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Owen-Anderson, Allison F. H.; Jenkins, Jennifer M.; Bradley, Susan J.; Zucker, Kenneth J. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
Objective: The construct of empathy was examined in 20 boys with gender identity disorder (GID), 20 clinical control boys with externalizing disorders (ECC), 20 community control boys (NCB), and 20 community control girls (NCG). The mean age of the children was 6.86 years (range = 4-8 years). It was hypothesized that boys with GID would show…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Gender Differences, Individual Differences, Measures (Individuals)
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Champion, Kelly M.; Clay, Daniel L. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
This study examined associations between victimization by peers and intention to respond to provocative events as a function of anger arousal and motivation to improve the situation in a cross-sectional sample of school-age children (N = 506, 260 males, 246 females). Results demonstrated that more intense anger and more retaliatory motivation were…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Psychopathology, Prevention, Motivation