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Temperament : theory and practice

Title: Temperament : theory and practice / Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas.
Author: Chess, Stella.
Publication: New York : Brunner/Mazel, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Thomas, Alexander, 1914-2003.

Description

vii, 215 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Brunner/Mazel basic principles into practice series ; v. 12

Uniform Title

Brunner/Mazel basic principles into practice series ; v. 12.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The Initial Concept of Temperament -- 3. The Initial Hypothesis -- 4. The First Research Effort: From Failure to Success -- 5. The New York Longitudinal Study (NYLS) -- 6. Analysis of Data and the Definition and Rating of Temperament and Categories -- 7. The Clinical Interview for Temperament -- 8. The Concept of Goodness of Fit -- 9. Parent Guidance -- 10. The Rapid Expansion of Temperament Practice and Theory Since 1970 -- 11. Parent and Child Education About Temperament -- 12. Prevention and Early Intervention in Temperament Programs -- 13. The Kaiser Permanente Temperament Program -- 14. A New Mental Health Profession: The Temperament Counselor -- 15. Temperament and School Functioning -- 16. Temperament and Pediatric Practice -- 17. Temperament and Nursing Practice -- 18. Temperament and Psychotherapy of Children -- 19. Temperament and Psychotherapy of Adolescents -- 20. Temperament and Psychotherapy of Adults --
21. Temperament and the Handicapped Child -- 22. Biological Research on Temperament -- 23. Temperament and Culture -- 24. Temperament in Consistency and Change -- 25. A Look to the Future.

ISBN

0876308353 (pbk.)

LCCN

96028525

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries