Research report no.4 2000

Pathways from infancy to adolescence: Australian Temperament Project 1983-2000

by Margot Prior, Ann Sanson, Diana Smart, and Frank Oberklaid

Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2000
ISBN 0 642 39478 4. ISSN 1447-1469 (Print); 1477-1477 (Online).

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Contents

Introductory pages - Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the project; About the authors; Preface by Professor Fiona Stanley - PDF (57 KB)

  1. Introduction to the Australian Temperament Project | PDF (68 KB)
    Background to the research
    Aims and interests of Australian Temperament project researchers
    Temperament - what is it and how does it influence development
  2. Beginnings | PDF (73 KB)
    How did we enrol the ATP sample
    Method of recruitment of the study sample
    Some sample characteristics
    Survey points across age
    Some figures on unemployment and family constellation in the 1990s
    Teacher contributions
    Child self-reports
  3. Measures | PDF (89 KB)
    Temperament
    Behaviour
    Other key aspects of development assessed
    Adolescent measures
  4. Structure and stability of temperament in infancy and early childhood | PDF (59 KB)
    Infancy and toddlerhood
    Early childhood: 3-7 years
    Stability of temperament
    Validity of temperament ratings
  5. Cross-cultural comparisons | PDF (57 KB)
    Comparisons of children across countries
    Comparisons of project children born in Australia with families from different ethnic backgrounds
    European and Australian infants and toddlers
  6. Health and development issues | PDF (62 KB)
    Children born prematurely
    Children with chronic health problems
    Growing pains
    Children with early language problems
  7. Temperament and psycho-social adjustment | PDF (89 KB)
    Children of older mothers
    Rural versus city families
    Infant temperament and other factors as predictors of adjustment at the pre-school age
    Stability of behaviour problems
    Gender differences
    Prediction of externalising and internalising behaviour problems
    The development of agressive and anti-social behaviour
    Attention deficit hyperactivity problems
    Temperamental shyness
    Shyness and development of anxiety
    Clinical diagnoses in early adolescence
    Follow-up in adolescence
  8. Temperament and social competence | PDF (62 KB)
    Prediction of social competence across time
    Resilience in children
  9. School: social and academic issues; peer relationships | PDF (84 KB)
    Learning progress at school, especially literacy
    Characteristics of children who were reading well at 7-8 years
    Peer relationships
  10. Temperament and social responsibility | PDF (58 KB)
  11. Adolescent issues | PDF (102 KB)
    Temperament and personality
    Pathways to the development of eating problems
    Pathways to adolescent anti-social behaviour and depression
    Prediction and patterns of substance use
    Relationships between temperament, parenting style and emotional and behavioural problems at 13-14 years of age
    School adjustment during the adolescent years
    Parent-adolescent communication
    Year 1999 Family Study
    Parent-adolescent conflict
  12. The genetics of temperament and behaviour problems | PDF (55 KB)
  13. Children's voices, parents'views | PDF (83 KB)
  14. Summary: temperament and developmental pathways | PDF (50 KB)
    Does temperament matter?
    Benefits of our studies
  15. The future of the Australian Temperament Project | PDF (41 KB)

References | PDF (37 KB)

Australian Temperament Project Publications | PDF (51 KB)

Measures and instruments used in the Australian Temperament Project | PDF (61 KB)

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