TY - JOUR
T1 - Reactive and regulative temperament in youths: psychometric evaluation of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised.
AU - Muris, P.
AU - Meesters, C.M.G.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - The present study examined the psychometric properties of the self-report version of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (EATQ-R), which is a scale for measuring reactive and regulative temperament traits, in a large sample of children and adolescents (N = 1,055). The results indicated that the internal consistency was acceptable for most EATQ-R temperament scales. Further, principal components analysis of the instrument yielded a structure with nine components, which generally reflected the temperament scales of the EATQ-R. The test-retest stability of the scale was moderate to good, whereas the parent-child agreement was rather low. Finally, the scale correlated in a theoretically meaningful way with children's self-reports of personality and psychopathology. It can be concluded that the EATQ-R is a useful scale for measuring aspects of reactive and regulative temperament in children and adolescents, although there is certainly room for improving the instrument.
AB - The present study examined the psychometric properties of the self-report version of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (EATQ-R), which is a scale for measuring reactive and regulative temperament traits, in a large sample of children and adolescents (N = 1,055). The results indicated that the internal consistency was acceptable for most EATQ-R temperament scales. Further, principal components analysis of the instrument yielded a structure with nine components, which generally reflected the temperament scales of the EATQ-R. The test-retest stability of the scale was moderate to good, whereas the parent-child agreement was rather low. Finally, the scale correlated in a theoretically meaningful way with children's self-reports of personality and psychopathology. It can be concluded that the EATQ-R is a useful scale for measuring aspects of reactive and regulative temperament in children and adolescents, although there is certainly room for improving the instrument.
U2 - 10.1007/s10862-008-9089-x
DO - 10.1007/s10862-008-9089-x
M3 - Article
SN - 0882-2689
VL - 31
SP - 7
EP - 19
JO - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
ER -