Exuberant and inhibited children: Person-centered profiles and links to social adjustment
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jessica Dollar, Research Scientist (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: The current study aimed to substantiate and extend our understanding regarding the existence and developmental pathways of 3 distinct temperament profiles—exuberant, inhibited, and average approach—in a sample of 3.5-year-old children (n = 121). The interactions between temperamental styles and specific types of effortful control, inhibitory control and attentional control, were also examined in predicting kindergarten peer acceptance. Latent profile analysis identified 3 temperamental styles: exuberant, inhibited, and average approach. Support was found for the adaptive role of inhibitory control for exuberant children and attentional control for inhibited children in promoting peer acceptance in kindergarten. These findings add to our current understanding of temperamental profiles by using sophisticated methodology in a slightly older, community sample, as well as the importance of examining specific types of self-regulation to identify which skills lower risk for children of different temperamental styles.
Exuberant and inhibited children: Person-centered profiles and links to social adjustment
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Developmental Psychology, 53(7), 1222-1229. doi:10.1037/dev0000323
- Language: English
- Date: 2017
- Keywords
- inhibition, exuberance, inhibitory control, attentional control, peer acceptance