Measures used included the Mental Development Index subscale of the Bayley Scale of Infant Development - II (BSID - II),
the emotionality scale of the Buss and Plomin Emotionality, Adaptability, and Sociability Inventory (EASI - II), and the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME).
Not exact matches
Parent and teacher reports of child behavior problems were obtained at ages 5, 6, and 9 years by using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).34 The SDQ is a 30 - item
scale designed to assess a number of child behavior domains, including externalizing behaviors (conduct problems and hyperactivity / inattention) and internalizing behaviors (
emotionality and peer difficulties) during the 6 months before assessment.
Unlike previous measures that targeted the
emotionality and worry elements of TA, or TA generally; the intent of SRLTAS
scale development was to examine dimensions of test anxiety not previously addressed.
Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large
scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative
emotionality, and infant attachment security.18
Infant temperament (for example, activity, soothability,
emotionality and sociability etc); attachment; behaviour (for example, Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI); Nursing Child Teaching Assessment
Scales (NCATS)-RRB-; parent - infant interaction; development (for example, Bayley
Scales); IQ (for example, Capital Institute Mental Checklist (China)-RRB-.
Maternal temperament was measured at T1 using the adult version of the
Emotionality Activity and Sociability
scale (EAS)(Buss and Plomin [1984]-RRB-.
Using data on 8769 children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, we examined whether difficult temperament (Toddler Temperament
Scale at 24 months;
Emotionality Activity Sociability Questionnaire at 38 months) and psychological problems (Revised Rutter Parent
Scale for Preschool Children at 42 months) are linked to bedwetting at school age.
An ADHD
scale was constructed from the
emotionality activity sociability (EAS) temperament measurement
scale [44] and one item from the hyperactivity subscale of the child behaviour checklist (CBCL / 1.5 — 5)[40].