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Temperament in infants and toddlers with cardiac disease
Pediatric Nursing
|September 1, 1991
Insights
Children with cardiac disease exhibit distinct temperaments compared to healthy peers. However, disease severity did not correlate with more extreme temperament traits in infants and toddlers.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric cardiology
- Developmental psychology
- Child health
Background:
- Temperament influences child development and parent-child interactions.
- Cardiac conditions in early childhood can impact a child's behavior and development.
- Understanding temperament in these children is crucial for tailored care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate differences in temperament between infants and toddlers with cardiac disease and healthy controls.
- To explore the relationship between cardiac disease severity and temperament characteristics.
Main Methods:
- Parental questionnaires were used to assess temperament in 97 infants and toddlers with cardiac disease.
- Temperament data from the cardiac group were compared to normative data from healthy children.
Main Results:
- Infants and toddlers with cardiac disease showed significant differences in several temperament dimensions compared to healthy children.
- No direct correlation was found between the severity of cardiac disease and the extremity of temperament scores.
Conclusions:
- Children with cardiac conditions display unique temperament profiles.
- Temperament differences in this population are not solely explained by disease severity, suggesting other contributing factors.
Abstract:
Parental report of temperament in a group of 97 infants and toddlers with cardiac disease revealed differences from healthy children on several temperament dimensions. Increasing disease severity did not correspond with increasingly extreme temperament scores.