title: Brief report: the temperamental characteristics of the Chinese adolescents in Taiwan.
abstract: A Chinese Adolescent Temperament Self rating questionnaire was completed by 1165 Chinese adolescents from high schools in or near Taipei City, Taiwan. Statistical analysis revealed the following results: (a) boys tended to show higher activity level, higher task orientation, higher intensity of reaction, higher tactile threshold and lower adaptability than girls; (b) junior graders tended to have lower rhythmicity, less initial approaching reaction toward new stimuli and lower adaptability than senior graders; (c) the eldest child tended to have higher adaptability, higher task orientation and higher rhythmicity than younger siblings in the family; and (d) those with a better educated father tended to have more positive mood, higher task orientation, higher adaptability, higher rhythmicity and more initial approaching reaction.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Second Section, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013624:Taiwan; D013694:Temperament