英文摘要
The purpose of the study: the purpose of this research study attemps to
examinethe relationship between the types of children's temperament and their social
behavior.
The instruments used in this study include: (1) Temperament Assessment Batteryfor
Children ;(2) California Preschool Social Competence Scale. The teachers of 490
children from 22 kindergartens in Taipei were responsible for filling out all
questionnairesnecessary. A full exploration of data underwent the following statistical
analysyis: cluster analysis and one way ANOVA.
The result indicate that:
a.There are six types of children's temperament: (a) widespread type: (b) social type:(c)
concentration type; (d) easygoing type: (f) quiet type.
b.The relationship between the types of children's temperament and their social behavior
includes:
(a) eastgoing type children's working competence is significantly higher than all the other
5 types of children.
(b) both eastgoing type and social type children's initiative is significantly higher than
widespread type, concentration type, and quiet types of children.
(c) both easygoing type and social type of children's understanding toward human
relationship is significantly higher than widespread type, quiet type and concen tration
type children.
(d) both easygoing type and social type of children's polite social conduct is signifi cantly
higher than widespread type, quiet type and concentration type children.
(e) both easygoing type and social type of children's reaction in unfamiliar situations is
significantly higher than widespread type, quiet type and concentration type children.
(f) both easygoing type and social type of children's language ability is significantly
higher than widespread type, quiet type and concentration type children.