Toshinori Kitamura1,2, Yukiko Ohashi1,3, Mariko Minatani1,4, Megumi Haruna4, Mikihiko Murakami5, Yoshitaka Goto5. 1. Kitamura Institute of Mental Health Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. 3. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science Technology, Bunkyo Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. 4. Department of Midwifery and Women's Health, Division of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Kumamoto Paediatric Association, Kumamoto, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Accuracy of temperament assessment is a prerequisite in research studies. To identify the extent to which parental assessment of child temperament is biased by their personal attributes, we proposed a new structural equation model, in which biases of parental attributes in their assessment of child temperament can be separated from the true (i.e. non-biased) associations between the two. METHODS: We examined 234 father-mother pairs using questionnaires including Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, and Impulsivity; Social Desirability Scale; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Temperament and Character Inventory; and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. RESULTS: Paternal Depression and Persistence, maternal Trait Anger, and parental Novelty Seeking showed significant bias in assessment of Emotionality. Maternal Self-transcendence showed significant bias in assessment of child Impulsivity. CONCLUSION: Researchers should be cautious about biases in parental assessment of children's Emotionality and Impulsivity, but other temperament traits may be free from such biases.
BACKGROUND: Accuracy of temperament assessment is a prerequisite in research studies. To identify the extent to which parental assessment of child temperament is biased by their personal attributes, we proposed a new structural equation model, in which biases of parental attributes in their assessment of child temperament can be separated from the true (i.e. non-biased) associations between the two. METHODS: We examined 234 father-mother pairs using questionnaires including Emotionality, Activity, Sociability, and Impulsivity; Social Desirability Scale; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; Temperament and Character Inventory; and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. RESULTS: Paternal Depression and Persistence, maternal Trait Anger, and parental Novelty Seeking showed significant bias in assessment of Emotionality. Maternal Self-transcendence showed significant bias in assessment of child Impulsivity. CONCLUSION: Researchers should be cautious about biases in parental assessment of children's Emotionality and Impulsivity, but other temperament traits may be free from such biases.
Authors: Mizuki Takegata; Yukiko Ohashi; Hien Anh Thi Nguyen; Michiko Toizumi; Hiroyuki Moriuchi; Duc Anh Dang; Lay-Myint Yoshida; Maria A Gartstein; Samuel Putnam; Toshinori Kitamura Journal: Healthcare (Basel) Date: 2022-04-06