Handbook of temperament

Part I. Foundations of temperament

Advances in temperament: history, concepts, and measures / Mary K. Rothbart

Models of child temperament / Ivan Mervielde and Sarah S.W. De Pauw

Models of adult temperament / Marvin Zuckerman

Part II. Basic temperament traits

The biography of behavioral inhibition / Jerome Kagan

Activity as a temperamental trait / Jan Strelau and Bogdan Zawadzki

Positive emotionality / Samuel P. Putnam

Anger and irritability / Kirby Deater-Deckard and Zhe Wang

Effortful control / M. Rosario Rueda

Empathy, prosocial behavior, and other aspect of kindness / Ariel Knafo and Salomon Israel

Part III. Measures of temperament

Asking questions about temperament: self- and other-report measures across the lifespan / Maria A. Gartstein, David J. Bridgett, and Christina M. Low

Behavioral assessment of temperament / H. Hill Goldsmith and Jeffrey R. Gagne

Psychobiological measures of temperament in childhood / Susan D. Calkins and Margaret M. Swingler

Part IV. Biological perspectives on temperament

Temperament in animals / Christina S. Barr

Temperament and evolution / Kevin B. MacDonald

Prenatal factors in temperament: the role of prenatal stress and substance use exposure / Anja C. Huizink

Quantitative and molecular genetic studies of temperament / Kimberly J. Saudino and Manjie Wang

Neurobiology and neurochemistry of temperament in children / Lauren K. White, Connie Lamm, Sarah M. Helfenstein, and Nathan A. Fox

Neurobiology and neurochemistry of temperament in adults / Richard A. Depue and Yu Fu

Part V. Temperament in context

Integrating temperament and attachment: the differential susceptibility paradigm / Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakersman-Kranenburg

Temperament and parenting in developmental perspective / John E. Bates, Alikce C. Schermerorn, and Isaac T. Petersen

Temperament and peer relationships / Robert J. Coplan and Amanda Bullock

Culture and temperament / Xinyin Chen, Fan Yang, and Rui Fu

Gender differences in temperament / Nicole M. Else-Quest

Temperament and the development of personality traits, adaptations, and narratives / Rebecca L. Shiner and Avshalom Caspi

Part VI. Clinical perspectives on temperament

Temperament and risk: resilient and vulnerable responses to adversity / Liliana J. Lengua and Theodore D. Wachs

Temperament and internalizing disorders / Daniel N. Klein, Margaret W. Dyson, Autumn J. Kujawa, and Roman Kotov

Temperament, externalizing disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder / Jennifer L. Tackett, Michelle M. Martel, and Shauna C. Kushner

Temperament and physical health over the lifespan / Sarah E. Hampson and Margarete E. Vollrath

Part VII. Applied perspectives on temperament

Temperament-based intervention: reconceptualized from a response-to-intervention framework / Sandee Graham McClowry and Ashleigh Collins

Temperament in the classroom / Angela Lee Duckworth and Kelly M. Allred

Temperament in psychotherapy: reflections on clinical practice with the trait of sensitivity / Elaine N. Aron

Part VIII. Integration and outlook

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.