Journal article
Cross-cultural temperamental differences in infants, children, and adults in the United States of America and Finland
Scandinavian journal of psychology, Vol.53(2), pp.119-128
04/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106211
PMCID: PMC3310888
PMID: 22428997
Abstract
Cross-cultural differences in temperament were investigated between infants (n = 131, 84 Finns), children (n = 653, 427 Finns), and adults (n = 759, 538 Finns) from the United States of America and Finland. Participants from both cultures completed the Infant Behavior Questionnaire, Childhood Behavior Questionnaire and the Adult Temperament Questionnaire. Across all ages, Americans received higher ratings on temperamental fearfulness than Finnish individuals, and also demonstrated higher levels of other negative affects at several time points. During infancy and adulthood, Finns tended to score higher on positive affect and elements of temperamental effortful control. Gender differences consistent with prior studies emerged cross-culturally, and were found to be more pronounced in the US during childhood and in Finland during adulthood.
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- Title
- Cross-cultural temperamental differences in infants, children, and adults in the United States of America and Finland
- Creators
- Larissa M Gaias - Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USAKatri RäikkönenNiina KomsiMaria A GartsteinPhilip A FisherSamuel P Putnam
- Publication Details
- Scandinavian journal of psychology, Vol.53(2), pp.119-128
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- R01 HD045894 / NICHD NIH HHS R01 MH059780-01A1 / NIMH NIH HHS R03 MH0670 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 HD019739-07A2 / NICHD NIH HHS R03 MH067010 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059780 / NIMH NIH HHS R01 HD045894-01A2 / NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD019739 / NICHD NIH HHS R03 MH067010-01A1 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900546798901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article