Children’s Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ)

The Children’s Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ) is a caregiver report that measures temperament in children aged 3 to 7 years. Domains of the CBQ include positive and negative emotion, motivation, activity level, and attention.

In TRAILS, the subscales activity level, approach, attentional focusing, discomfort, fear, frustration, high intensity pleasure, low intensity pleasure, impulsivity, inhibitory control, perceptual sensitivity, sadness, shyness, soothability, and smiling and laughter were included.

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  • The Next Generation

  • NEXT - T2
    •   PC
    3 months - 4 months   From 2015-05-01 (ongoing)
  • NEXT - T3
    •   PC
    30 months - 36 months   From 2016-01-01 (ongoing)
  • NEXT - T4
    •   PC
    4.5 - 5.0 years   From 2018-06-01 (ongoing)
  • NEXT - T5
    •   PC
    6.0 - 7.0 years   From 2015-01-01 (ongoing)
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Children’s Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ)
    References
    Rothbart, M. K., Ahadi, S. A., & Hershey, K. L. (1994). Temperament and social behavior in childhood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 40,21–39.
    Putnam, S. P., & Rothbart, M. K. (2006). Development of Short and Very Short Forms of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire. Journal of Personality Assessment, 87(1), 102–112. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa8701_09
    You can also access this dataset using the API (see API Docs).