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Developmental, child, family and couple

Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire - Revised.

EATQ-R

What it measures
Adolescent temperament/self-regulation (ages 9-15); factors Effortful Control, Surgency, Affiliativeness, Negative Affect; plus behavioral scales (aggression, depressive mood)
Length and format
~65 (self-report long); short forms exist; parent-report version available. 5-point (almost always untrue to almost always true) (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Multiple languages incl. Spanish (Chilean adaptation), and others
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
Ellis, L. K., & Rothbart, M. K. (2001). Revision of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire. Poster, SRCD. (https://research.bowdoin.edu/rothbart-temperament-questionnaires/)

https://research.bowdoin.edu/rothbart-temperament-questionnaires/

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