Temperament in middle childhood questionnaire: New data on factor structure and applicability in a child clinical sample.

ABSTRACT: The Temperament in Middle Childhood Questionnaire (TMCQ) is one of a family of instruments representing one of the major conceptual models of child temperament. The present study reports new psychometric information on the TMCQ using a larger sample than in prior factor-analytic studies of this instrument. Data from parent ratings of 1,418 children were utilized. The sample of community volunteers included 697 typically developing youth and 721 defined by research diagnostic procedures as having attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Results failed to support the original proposed structure of the TMCQ, but found support for a structure with 12 subscales that confirmed a substantial portion of the lower order factor structure. However, the intended three-factor higher order structure wa

SUBMITTER: Kozlowski MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772251 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature