Temperament : theory and practice / Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas.
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 ad...
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New York :
Brunner/Mazel,
©1996.
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| Series: | Brunner/Mazel basic principles into practice series ;
v. 12. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The initial concept of temperament
- The initial hypothesis
- The first research effort: from failure to success
- The New York Longitudinal Study (NYLS)
- Analysis of data and the definition and rating of temperament and categories
- The clinical interview for temperament
- The concept of goodness of fit
- Parent guidance
- The rapid expansion of temperament practice and theory since 1970
- Parent and child education about temperament
- Prevention and early intervention in temperament programs
- The Kaiser Permanente Temperament Program
- A new mental health profession: the temperament counselor
- Temperament and school functioning
- Temperament and pediatric practice
- Temperament and nursing practice
- Temperament and psychotherapy of children
- Temperament and psychotherapy of adolescents
- Temperament and psychotherapy of adults
- Temperament and the handicapped child
- Biological research on temperament
- Temperament and culture
- Temperament in consistency and change
- A look to the future.