The following resources were recommended by Greg Lubimiv regarding the subjects of
temperament and goodness of fit.
Bibliography on Temperament and Goodness of Fit
Great information sheets for parents or professionals to access on-line are
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Temperament: Understanding your child’s unique personality
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Temperament: A life-long influence
at http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/temperament/resources
For Parents:
Is that me yelling? by Rona Renner. New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2014.
Is this a phase? Child Development and Parenting Strategies, Birth to 6 Years by
Helen Neville. Parenting Press, Inc., 2007.
Understanding your child's temperament. By William B. Carey, M.D., with Martha
M. Jablow. New York. Macmillan: Simon & Schuster. 2005.
The highly sensitive child: Helping our children thrive when the world
overwhelms them. by Elaine N. Aron, Broadway Books, 2002.
Temperament tools:Working with your child's inborn trait by Helen Neville and
Diane Clark Johnson. Parenting Press, Inc., 1997.
The explosive child., third edition(paperback) by Ross Greene, PhD, Harper
Paperbacks, 2005.
Temperament talk: A guide to understanding your child. Kathy Goodman, Lyndall
Schick, Barbara Tyler, & Barb Zukin. Center for Human Development, Inc., 1995.
Kids, parents and power struggles. By Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. Quill Press, 2001.
Raising your spirited child. By Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. Perrenial Press, 1998.
The difficult child. Revised Edition.By Stanley Turecki and L. Tonner. New York:
Bantam Books, 1999.
For Professionals:
Andersen, Kate. The temperament guides, Volume II: Activities for early intervention
professionals and families. Behavioral-Developmental Initiatives, 2002.
Andersen, Kate. The temperament guides, Volume I: Resources for early intervention
professionals. Behavioral-Developmental Initiatives, 2000.
Bates, John E. and Wachs, Theodore D. Temperament: Individual differences at the interface of
biology and behavior. Washington, D.C. APA Press, 1994.
Carey, William. B. and McDevitt, Sean C. Coping with children's temperament: A guide for
professionals. New York: Basic Books, 1995.
Carey, W.B. and McDevitt, S.C. Prevention and early intervention. Individual differences as risk
factors for the mental health of children. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1994
Chess Stella, and Thomas, Alexander. Goodness of Fit. Brunner-Routledge, 1999
Chess, Stella. and Thomas, Alexander. Temperament theory and practice. New York:
Brunner/Mazel, 1996.
Chess, Stella, and Thomas, Alexander. Goodness of Fit Brunner-Routledge, 1999.
Galen's prophecy: Temperament in human nature by Kagan, Jerome, Snidman, Nancy, Arcus,
Doreen and Reznick, J. Steven. Westview Press, 1997.
Guerin, Diana, Oliver, Pamella and Gottfried, Allen. Temperament: Infancy through adolescence.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
Halverson, Charles F., Kohnstamm, Geldolph A. & Martin, Roy P. (Eds.). The developing structure
of temperament and personality from infancy to adulthood. New York: Erlbaum, 1994.
Keogh, Barbara K. Temperament in the classroom: Understanding individual differences. Paul H.
Brookes Publishing Co., 2002.
Kohnstamm, Gedolph, Mervielde, Ivan and Halverson, Charles, Parental descriptions of child
behavior: Antecedents of the Big Five? Laurence Erlbaum, 1998.
Rothbart, Mary K. Becoming Who We Are: Temperament and Personality in Development Guilford
Press, 2011.
Ruff, Holly Alliger & Rothbart, Mary K., Attention in Early Development: Themes and Variations.
Oxford University Press, 2001.
William B & McDevitt, Sean C. Child Behavioral Assessment and Management: Theory & Practice.
Behavioral-Developmental Initiatives, 2012.