Children's Behavior Questionnaire.

CBQ

What it measures

Child temperament (ages 3-8); 15 primary scales loading on 3 higher-order factors: Surgency/Extraversion, Negative Affectivity, Effortful Control

Length and format

195 (standard); 94 (short form); 36 (very short form). 7-point (1 = extremely untrue of your child to 7 = extremely true), plus not-applicable (informant/observer report)

Language versions

Translated/validated in many languages (the Rothbart questionnaires have extensive cross-cultural use - dozens of languages)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - author permission

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Reference

Rothbart, M. K., Ahadi, S. A., Hershey, K. L., & Fisher, P. (2001). Investigations of temperament at 3-7 years: The Children's Behavior Questionnaire. Child Development, 72(5), 1394-1408. (https://research.bowdoin.edu/rothbart-temperament-questionnaires/)

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