Correlations between Somatotype and Temperament in Pre-School Twins

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10.2991/icmess-14.2014.42How to use a DOI?

Keywords

somatotype, temperament, correlations, pre-school children, twins

Abstract

To analyze the associations between somatotype and temperament in pre-school children, 124 pairs of 3- to 7-year-old twins were enrolled in. The somatotype components were calculated by Heath-Cater method, while Behavioral Style Questionnaire (BSQ) was used to evaluate child temperament. The results were as follows: There’s no correlation between somatotype categories distribution and temperament styles of pre-school twins (P>0.05). The correlation coefficients between ectomorphy and adaptability and emotion were significant (P<0.01). Endomorphic component had negative correlation with activity level, approach/withdrawal, adaptability and persistence (P<0.01). In conclusion, somatotype and temperament showed somewhat associations in pre-school twins.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Man Zhao
AU  - Y.-L. Li
AU  - Y.-N. Zheng
PY  - 2014/01
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TI  - Correlations between Somatotype and Temperament in Pre-School Twins
BT  - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Management, Education and Social Science
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 156
SN  - 1951-6851
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