title: [Assessment of temperament in children].
abstract: This paper describes the development of a questionnaire to assess the temperament of infants and preschool-children. A German version of the "Toddler Temperament Scale" (Fullard, McDevitt & Carey, 1984) was administered to 80 mothers of children hospitalized to undergo elective surgery. The factor structure of the questionnaire is quite heterogeneous, and it corresponds well with a priori conceptualizations regarding children's temperament structure. The predictive validity of the questionnaire is evidenced by theoretically meaningful temperament related changes in the children's behavior after their dismissal from hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saile
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D013694:Temperament
vernacular_title: Zur Erfassung des Temperaments bei Kindern.