Temperament
Subtitle: theory and practice
By: Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas.
Contributors: Thomas, Alexander, 1914-
Series: Brunner/Mazel basic principles into practice series ; 12
Publisher: Brunner/Mazel
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Individual differences in children -- Longitudinal studies.; Temperament in children -- Longitudinal studies.
Description: In 1956, Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas launched the pioneering New York Longitudinal Study, a systematic investigation into the concept of temperament that has been pursued to the present decade. The findings from this study - that temperamental profiles of infants, children, adolescents, and adults show specific individual behavioral characteristics - are accepted as basic to the psychological mechanism of behavioral functioning.

Now, these preeminent authorities and teachers in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry present a distinguished introduction to their internationally recognized work. This volume takes the reader from concept - including the definition of temperament and the studies that support and expand upon that definition - to specific explorations of temperament and its impact across various practice settings and special populations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and indexes.

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