Preschool Temperament Assessment: A Quantitative Assessment of the Validity of Behavioral Style Questionnaire Data

• Published in: Early education and development Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 71 - 92
• Main Authors: Huelsman, Timothy J., Gagnon, Sandra Glover, Kidder-Ashley, Pamela, Griggs, Marissa Swaim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2014; Routledge; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Behavioral Style Questionnaire; Child Behavior; Construct Validity; Correlation; Correlation analysis; Educational Experience; Hypothesis Testing; Individual Characteristics; Intervention; Item Analysis; Measurement; Measures (Individuals); Peer Relationship; Personality Traits; Preschool Children; Statistical Analysis; Stress; Stress Variables; Student Characteristics; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching methods; Validity; Young Children

Research Findings: Child temperament is an important construct, but its measurement has been marked by a number of weaknesses that have diminished the frequency with which it is assessed in practice. We address this problem by presenting the results of a quantitative construct validation study. We c...