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Developmental Psychology
Behavioral Science
Child Psychology

Background:

Temperament research highlights prominent age and gender differences in early childhood.
Existing studies often face limitations due to smaller sample sizes.

Purpose of the Study:

To conduct a meta-analysis of Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) data to examine temperament, age, and gender links.
To determine how well IBQ-R subscales classify infants by age and gender.
To investigate if infant age influences temperament-based gender differences.

Main Methods:

Meta-analysis of IBQ-R data from 4438 infants across multiple laboratories.
Algorithmic modeling used for classification accuracy based on 14 IBQ-R subscales.
Simultaneous classification into age and gender categories.

Main Results:

Age group classification was more accurate than gender classification overall.
Gender-based classification accuracy improved in older infants.
The 'Fear' subscale was most influential in accurate classifications.

Conclusions:

Infant temperament is more strongly characterized by age-related changes than by gender differences in early development.
Temperament differences between genders become more distinct as infants mature.
This study provides the largest and most representative dataset for IBQ-R comparative analysis.