How Are Traits Related to Problem Behavior in Preschool Children? Similarities and Contrasts Between Temperament and Personality KU Leuven Ghent University
The lack of empirical research relating temperament models and personality hinders conceptual integration and holds back research linking childhood traits to problem behavior or maladjustment. This study evaluates, within a sample of 443 preschoolers, the relationships between children’s maladaptation and traits measured by three 18 temperament models (Thomas and Chess, Buss and Plomin, and Rothbart), and a Five-Factor based personality ...