Vaughn B, Deinard A, Egeland B
J Pediatr. 1980 Mar;96(3 Pt 1):510-4. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(80)80712-8.
The present study reports data concerning the discriminant validity of the Carey Infant Temperament Questionnaire. Subjects were 187 primiparous women who completed a battery of psychologic tests prior to the births of their infants. They also filled out the ITQ at three and six months after the baby was born. Nine of the 20 variables derived from the prenatal test battery discriminated mothers whose babies were diagnosed as temperamentally "difficult" from those whose infants were diagnosed as temperamentally "easy" based on three-month ITQ scores. Seven of the prenatal variables similarly discriminated these two groups on the six-month ITQ. The implications of these findings for uses of the ITQ are discussed.
本研究报告了有关凯里婴儿气质问卷判别效度的数据。研究对象为187名初产妇，她们在婴儿出生前完成了一系列心理测试。她们还在婴儿出生后的三个月和六个月填写了婴儿气质问卷（ITQ）。根据三个月大婴儿的ITQ得分，产前测试组合中的20个变量中有9个能够区分其婴儿被诊断为气质“难养型”的母亲和其婴儿被诊断为气质“易养型”的母亲。同样，在六个月大婴儿的ITQ中，产前变量中有7个能够区分这两组母亲。文中讨论了这些发现对使用ITQ的启示。
