Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire - Effortful control (EATQ-EC)

The Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire (EATQ) is designed to specifically tap experiences common to adolescents, and is available in self- and parent-report formats. It assesses temperament and self-regulation via adaptation of scales used in studies of children and adults. It has 10 subscales: Activation Control (the capacity to perform an action when there is a strong tendency to avoid it); Affiliation (the desire for warmth and closeness with others, independent of shyness or extraversion); Attention (the capacity to focus attention as well as to shift attention when desired); Fear (unpleasant affect related to anticipation of distress); Frustration (negative affect related to interruption of ongoing tasks or goal blocking); High Intensity Pleasure (the pleasure derived from activities involving high intensity or novelty); Inhibitory Control (the capacity to plan, and to suppress inappropriate responses); Perceptual Sensitivity (detection or perceptual awareness of slight, low-intensity stimulation in the environment); Pleasure Sensitivity (pleasure related to activities or stimuli involving low intensity, rate, complexity, novelty, and incongruity); and Shyness. Two behavioral scales are also included; Aggression (hostile and aggressive actions, including person- and object-directed physical violence, direct and indirect verbal aggression, and hostile reactivity); and Depressive Mood (unpleasant affect and lowered mood, loss of enjoyment and interest in activities).

Within L-CID, the 11 items from the Effortful control subscale consisting of Attentional Control and Inhibitory Control were used. Additionally, items were alternated with Wildman questions.

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  • Early Childhood Cohort

  • ECC - T6-Covid
  •   P1C P2C
    8.0 - 10.0 years   From 2020-04-23 to 2020-05-10

  • Middle Childhood Cohort

  • MCC - T3
  •   P1C P2C CC
    9.0 - 11.0 years   From 2017-08-27 to 2018-09-30

  • MCC - T4
  •   P1C P2C CC
    10.0 - 12.0 years   From 2019-01-30 to 2019-10-24

  • MCC - T5
  •   P1C P2C CC
    11.0 - 13.0 years   From 2019-11-04 to 2021-04-28

  • MCC - T5-Covid
  •   P1C P2C CC
    11.0 - 13.0 years   From 2020-04-29 to 2020-05-10

  • MCC - T6
  •   P1C CC
    12.0 - 14.0 years   From 2021-06-13 to 2021-10-26

  • MCC - T7
  •   CC
    14.0 - 15.0 years   From 2023-04-01 to 2023-10-30

    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire - Effortful control (EATQ-EC)
    Measure name Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire - Effortful control (EATQ-EC)
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