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Associations Between Temperament and Social Responsiveness in Young Children
Salley, Brenda Miller, Angela Bell, Martha Ann
Salley, Brenda
Miller, Angela
Bell, Martha Ann
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Recent research has demonstrated that social responsiveness (comprised of social awareness, social information processing, reciprocal social communication, social motivation, and repetitive/restricted interests) is continuously distributed within the general population. In the present study, we consider temperament as a co-occurring source of individual differences in social responsiveness in young children. The sample consisted of 62 infants assessed at 2-, 3-, and 4-years-old. Measures of temperament were obtained at each age (Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire, Children’s Behavior Questionnaire) and social responsiveness was measured at 4-years-old (Social Responsiveness Scale; SRS). Multivariate patterns of association between components of temperament and social responsiveness were observed at each age, with overall findings in line with the broader literature examining temperament and socio-development associations. Importantly, these results provide support for the usefulness of temperament as a relevant source of variability in social responsiveness, as measured by the SRS, in typically developing young children.
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Salley, B., Miller, A. and Bell, M. A. (2013), Associations between Temperament and Social Responsiveness in Young Children. Inf. Child. Dev., 22: 270–288. doi:10.1002/icd.1785, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1002/icd.1785. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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2013-05-01
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Temperament, Social Responsiveness, Social Competence, Infant, Child, Individual Differences
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Salley, B., Miller, A. and Bell, M. A. (2013), Associations between Temperament and Social Responsiveness in Young Children. Inf. Child. Dev., 22: 270–288. doi:10.1002/icd.1785