Examining Temperament: Approach and Avoidance

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dc.contributor.advisorTeglasi, Hedwigen_US
dc.contributor.authorGifford, Kathleenen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-11T05:48:20Z
dc.date.available2012-10-11T05:48:20Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThis was a mixed methods examination of the approach and avoidance dimensions of temperament. These dimensions were measured through parent examples given on the Structured Temperament Interview (STI). Parents were interviewed by a research assistant and were asked to give both quantitative and qualitative examples of their child's behaviors representing the different distinct dimensions of temperament. A principal components analysis was conducted to help select factors and items to be examined in the qualitative study. Three main factors emerged from the principal components analysis: Prefers Familiar / Routine; Sociability; and Risk Seeking Approach / Short Sighted Approach / Risky. The two items with the highest factor loadings on each of the three factors were chosen for further exploration in the qualitative analysis. The emphasis of this study was on quantifying and classifying the parent examples for the six main items chosen through the principal components analysis.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13166
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledapproachen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledavoidanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinterviewen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpreschoolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtemperamenten_US
dc.titleExamining Temperament: Approach and Avoidanceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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