Development of Temperament: Childhood Temperament and the Mother's Childrearing Attitudes as Predictors of Adolescent Temperament in a 9-Year Follow-Up Study.

Describes a nine-year longitudinal study of childhood temperament dimensions and mothers' child rearing attitudes. Discusses the measures studied and the models used for analysis. Suggests that the development of temperament is influenced by the mother's hostile parenting attitudes as well as childhood temperament and that there are sex-related differences in the development of temperament. (LPP)