Infant, Child & Adult Temperament

Welcome to Temperament....

Temperament as defined here refers to individual differences in behavioral style, the study of which follow from the work of Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess and colleagues in the New York Longitudinal Study which began in the 1950s. This page is not limited to just that work, however; it includes other models and frameworks that have grown out of the initial studies.

This website is intended as a clearinghouse for research and practical information about temperamental characteristics to be used by parents, students, professionals and others who have an interest in behavioral individuality.

Temperament.com is about behavioral individuality in infants, children and adults.
Just as babies are born with their own combination of physical characteristics such as hair and eye color, skin tone, and physique, behavioral scientists know that each one has patterns of behavior, or temperament, that are also part of their uniqueness.

Temperament as defined here refers to ....

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OTC 2008
San Rafael, CA
October 17-18

Caring for the High
Maintenance Child
By Kate Andersen
October, 2008
The child who threatens or guilts parents

Dear Kate,
My problem is not my child. Yes, he is 'spirited', 'high maintenance', and more. He has all the challenging temperament traits plus obsessive-compulsive tendencies, asthma, and bed-wetting. He is only nine years old and my heart breaks to see him suffer so.....

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