Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1975; 16:219-231
R.F. Garside, H. Birch, D. McI. Scott, S. Chambers, I. Kolvin, E.G. Tweddle and L.M. Barber, "Dimensions of temperament in infant school children", Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 16, pp. 219-231, (Pergamon Press 1975).
The study of the classification of behaviour disorders in childhood using a multivariate approach has been the focus for much attention over the last twenty-five years (Hewitt and Jenkins, 1946; Peterson, 1961; Collins et al., 1962; Wolff, 1967; Kolvin et al., 1974). Such research has tended to be rather one-sided, the main concentration being on the first of the three components proposed by Cattell (1950), who considers behaviour should be investigated under:
(i) What children do - behavioural content;
(ii) How they do it - temperamental style;
(iii) Why they do it – motivation.