difficult temperament
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdifficultandtemperament
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difficult
adjective
uk/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəlt/us/ˈdɪf.ə.kəlt/
needing skill ...
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temperament
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈtem.pər.ə.mənt/us/ˈtem.pɚ.ə.mənt/
the part of your character that affects your moods and the way ...
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(Definition ofdifficultandtemperamentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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High scores on the infant temperament measures indicate moredifficulttemperament.
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What characterizes children with neurodevelopmental impairment anddifficulttemperament?
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Disorganized attachment cannot be considered to be the consequence of adifficulttemperamenteither.
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Isdifficulttemperamentduring infancy an expression of biological tendencies or the result of prior parenting?
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Scale scores fordifficulttemperamentwere computed by averaging item scores.
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A second cluster of only 6 boys (5%) represented a child-risk group, with elevated scores only ondifficulttemperament, pregnancy or delivery complications, and ratings of hyperactivity and aggression.
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Higher ratings represent moredifficulttemperament.
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Certainly the data from the report are more consistent with the latter than former explanation of whydifficulttemperamentmight be, in some work, predictive of later problem behavior.
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There is no reason to assume that disorganized attachment is the consequence of the infant'sdifficulttemperament.
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When we combined paternal and maternal reports into a single construct reflecting fussy/difficulttemperament, this association was no longer significant.
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The fact thatdifficulttemperamenthas been linked with the development of problem behavior clearly makes it a defining feature of any contextual analysis of developmental psychopathology.
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Given these characteristics, we expected that children with an easy temperament will show larger improvement of problem behavior across the year following referral than children characterized by adifficulttemperament.
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Specifically, they found that infants with adifficulttemperamentat 5 months were likely to show self-recognition and embarrassment earlier than infants with an easy temperament.
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The manifest psychological phenotype is dysregulation; this is sequentially manifest during development asdifficulttemperament, conduct problems, and antisociality in conjunction with irritability, emotional liability, and negative affect.
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Because only a subset of children withdifficulttemperamentgo on to develop chronic behavior problems, it becomes important to consider, as well, the role of socialization.
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For example, parent psychopathology or childdifficulttemperamentmay partially mediate the link between domestic violence and child adaptation in the roles as phenotypical markers of genetic transmission.
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The theory hypothesizes that neuropsychological deficits anddifficulttemperamentresult in interactions between the person and his or her environment that promote and sustain antisocial behavior.
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Children from domestically violent homes experience wide variability in the manifestation ofdifficulttemperamentcharacteristics, prior histories of psychological vulnerability, and difficulties in resolving stagesalient tasks.
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For 12- to 23-month-olds,difficulttemperamentwas the sum of the positive affect and friendliness subscales (reverse scored) and the fearfulness subscale.
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