Advances in the understanding of the relationship between temperament and anti-social behavior

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UNA NUEVA VISIÓN DE LA PSICOLOGÍA: LA PSICOLOGÍA POSITIVA
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Published: Apr 27, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2015.n1.v1.58
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temperament anti-social behavior development

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Sonia Mairos Ferreira
Universidade de Coimbra

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This article is a comprehensive synthesis of theoretical and empirical contributions on the relationship between temperament and antisocial behavior. Although this line of research declined at the end of the millennium, as a result of the growing influence of environmentalist approaches, contemporary research has renewed interest in its understanding. As a result, new research on the contribution of child temperament to emergence and maintenance of antisocial behavior is associated with traditional investigations. It includes, in the set of dimensions taken into account in this article, the reactivity (negative), the (low) self-regulation and the (high) approach. The main conclusion, supported by the results of the studies examined, is that temperament is an important dimension in predicting behavior during childhood and adolescence and, although with a greater margin of insecurity, in adulthood.

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Ferreira, S. M. (2015). Advances in the understanding of the relationship between temperament and anti-social behavior. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 1(1), 545–554. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2015.n1.v1.58
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): A NEW VISION OF PSYCHOLOGY: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY.
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Sonia Mairos Ferreira, Universidade de Coimbra

Professora Auxiliar na Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação

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