DEVELOPING PERCEPTIONS OF TEMPERAMENT AND THEIR CHILDREN TO MOTHER AND INFANT BEHAVIOR

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Abstract
Controversies about temperamental assessments raise questions about whether questionnaires, which assess parental perceptions of tmeperament, validly measure within-child characteristics. Thirty-eight couples were recruited from childbirth classes for a short-term longitudinal study. Mother''s perceptions of activity, rhythmicity and mood were moderately stable from late pregnancy to 6 mth postnatally. Only father''s perceptions of activity were stable during this time. Infants rated by parents as difficult on the Carey Infant Temperament Questionaire at 6 mth were rated by observers as less responsive while being fed by their mothers. Results are discussed in the context of influences on parental perceptions of temperament.

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