Continuity of father-rated temperament from infancy to middle childhood |
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| Authors: | Komsi Niina Räikkönen Katri Heinonen Kati Pesonen Anu-Katriina Keskivaara Pertti Järvenpää Anna-Liisa Strandberg Timo E |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland;bUniversity of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Department of Neonatology, Helsinki, Finland;cDepartment of Public Health and General Practice, University of Oulu and University Hospital, Oulu, Finland |
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| Abstract: | Continuity of father-rated temperament in Finnish children (n = 115) aged from 6 months (the IBQ) to 5.5 years (the CBQ) was explored within the theoretical framework developed by Rothbart. Father-rated activity level, smiling and laughter and distress to limitations showed significant differential homotypic and heterotypic continuity, while soothability, duration of orienting and fear showed significant differential heterotypic continuity. On the level of latent superconstructs, father-rated positive and negative infant affectivity accounted for 5.1, 22.7 and 10.0% of the variance in childhood extraversion, effortful control and negative affectivity, respectively. Inter-parental comparisons (n = 109 family units) revealed that father-rated continuity was similar to mother-rated continuity. These findings give empirical credence to Rothbart's theory and to father-rated temperamental continuity from infancy onwards. |
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| Keywords: | Temperament Infant Child Continuity Father-ratings Parent-ratings |
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