Handbook of Temperament

Timely and authoritative, this unique handbook explores the breadth of current knowledge on temperament, from foundational theory and research to clinical applications. Leaders in the field examine basic temperament traits, assessment methods, and what brain imaging and molecular genetics reveal about temperament's biological underpinnings. The book considers the pivotal role of temperament in parent–child interactions, attachment, peer relationships, and the development of adolescent and adult personality and psychopathology. Innovative psychological and educational interventions that take temperament into account are reviewed. Integrative in scope, the volume features extensive cross-referencing among chapters and a forward-looking summary chapter.

Marcel Zentner, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of York, United Kingdom. He serves as an associate editor of Frontiers in Personality Science and Individual Differences. His main areas of research are personality, temperament, emotion, test development, and music perception.

Rebecca L. Shiner, PhD, is Associate Professor, Presidential Scholar, and Chair of Psychology at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. Her research focuses on temperament and personality development in childhood and adolescence, with a particular interest in the pathways through which personality traits contribute to the development of personality disorders and other forms of psychopathology.

1. Advances in Temperament: History, Concepts, and Measures, Mary K. Rothbart

2. Models of Child Temperament, Ivan Mervielde and Sarah S. W. De Pauw

3. Models of Adult Temperament, Marvin Zuckerman

4. The Biography of Behavioral Inhibition, Jerome Kagan

5. Activity as a Temperament Trait, Jan Strelau and Bogdan Zawadzki

6. Positive Emotionality, Samuel P. Putnam

7. Anger and Irritability, Kirby Deater-Deckard and Zhe Wang

8. Effortful Control, M. Rosario Rueda

9. Empathy, Prosocial Behavior, and Other Aspects of Kindness, Ariel Knafo and Salomon Israel

10. Asking Questions about Temperament: Self- and Other-Report Measures, Marcia A. Gartstein, David J. Bridgett, and Christina M. Low

11. Behavioral Assessment of Temperament, H. Hill Goldsmith and Jeffrey R. Gagne

12. Psychobiological Measures of Temperament in Childhood, Susan D. Calkins and Margaret M. Swingler

13. Temperament in Animals, Christina S. Barr

14. Temperament and Evolution, Kevin B. MacDonald

15. Prenatal Factors in Temperament: The Role of Prenatal Stress and Substance Use Exposure, Anja C. Huizink

16. Quantitative and Molecular Genetic Studies of Temperament, Kimberly J. Saudino and Manjie Wang

17. Neurobiology and Neurochemistry of Temperament in Children, Lauren K. White, Connie Lamm, Sarah M. Helfenstein, and Nathan A. Fox

18. Neurobiology and Neurochemistry of Temperament in Adults, Richard A. Depue and Yu Fu

19. Integrating Temperament and Attachment: The Differential Susceptibility Paradigm, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

20. Temperament and Parenting in Developmental Perspective, John E. Bates, Alice C. Schermerhorn, and Isaac T. Petersen

21. Temperament and Peer Relationships, Robert J. Coplan and Amanda Bullock

22. Culture and Temperament, Xinyin Chen, Fan Yang, and Rui Fu

23. Gender Differences in Temperament, Nicole M. Else-Quest

24. Temperament and the Development of Personality Traits, Adaptations, and Narratives, Rebecca L. Shiner and Avshalom Caspi

25. Temperament and Risk: Resilient and Vulnerable Responses to Adversity, Liliana J. Lengua and Theodore D. Wachs

26. Temperament and Internalizing Disorders, Daniel L. Klein, Margaret W. Dyson, Autumn J. Kujawa, and Roman Kotov

27. Temperament, Externalizing Disorders, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Jennifer L. Tackett, Michelle M. Martel, and Shauna C. Kushner

28. Temperament and Physical Health over the Lifespan, Sarah E. Hampson and Margarete E. Vollrath

29. Temperament-Based Intervention: Reconceptualized from a Response-to-Intervention Framework, Sandee Graham McClowry and Ashleigh Collins

30. Temperament in the Classroom, Angela Lee Duckworth and Kelly M. Allred

31. Temperament in Psychotherapy: Reflections on Clinical Practice with the Trait of Sensitivity, Elaine N. Aron

32. Fifty Years of Progress in Temperament Research: A Synthesis of Major Themes, Findings, and Challenges and a Look Forward, Marcel Zentner and Rebecca L. Shiner