Maria A Gartstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 100334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria A Gartstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria A |
| FAMILY NAME | Gartstein |
| SIGNATURE | GARTSTEIN M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University Waco Texas USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Advancing the Study of Maternal Prenatal Stress Phenotypes and Infant Temperament Outcomes
Exposure to the in utero environment provides offspring risk or protection with respect to postpartum development and health across the lifespan. We used latent profile analysis (LPA), considering self‐report and physiological indicators to assess the influence of maternal prenatal stress/distress on infant temperament. We predicted that participants who reported greater prenatal stress/distress would have infants with less optimal temperament ch…
Examining a Common Method of Measuring Infant Fear: Considering Temperament, Neurophysiology, Age, and Sex Differences
The pre‐locomotor version of the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab‐TAB) provides one of the most widely used observational measures of fear based on the infant's reactivity to a series of four novel masks. Resulting indicators of facial and bodily fear intensity, as well as latency to exhibit a fearful response, have been associated with maternal reports of infant fear as well as frontal electroencephalography (EEG) reactivity. While…
The Global Temperament Project: Parent-reported temperament in infants, toddlers, and children from 59 nations
Data from 83,423 parent reports of temperament (surgency, negative affectivity, and regulatory capacity) in infants, toddlers, and children from 341 samples gathered in 59 countries were used to investigate the relations among culture, gender, and temperament. Between-nation differences in temperament were larger than those obtained in similar studies of adult personality, and most pronounced for negative affectivity. Nation-level patterns of neg…
Leveraging Python to Process Cross-Cultural Temperament Interviews: A Novel Platform for Text Analysis
During childhood, parents represent the most commonly used source of their child's temperament information and, typically, do so by responding to questionnaires. Despite their wide-ranging applications, interviews present notorious data reduction challenges, as quantification of narratives has proven to be a labor-intensive process. However, for the purposes of this study, the labor-intensive nature may have conferred distinct advantages. The pre…
Early Temperament as a Predictor of Child Mental Health
ADHD and ODD Symptoms in Toddlers: Common and Specific Associations with Temperament Dimensions
Aggregate temperament scores from multiple countries: Associations with aggregate personality traits, cultural dimensions, and allelic frequency
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Infant Fear: A Multi-Method Study in Spain and the United States
Cross-cultural investigations addressing the development of individual differences are important because these speak to the generalizability of results and the extent to which the development of temperament and personality differs by culture. The present study was aimed at comparing manifestations of fear, defined in infancy as startle or distress to sudden changes in stimulation (e.g., facial/bodily expressions of fear), and inhibited approach t…
Development and Assessment of Short and Very Short Forms of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire–Revised
Using data from parents of 761 infants from 6 independent samples, short (91 items, 14 scales) and very short (37 items, 3 broad scales) forms of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R), a well-established caregiver report measure of temperament for infants aged 3 to 12 months, were developed. The forms were subsequently evaluated with data from 1,619 participants from 11 samples. Over 90% of Cronbach's alphas and part-whole correlation…
Early Temperament in Japan, the United States, and Russia: Do Cross-Cultural Differences Decrease With Age
The present study addressed differences in infant and toddler temperament, utilizing translations of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) and the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ), for children growing up in the United States, Russia, and Japan. Results indicated a number of significant differences in higher-order dimensions and fine-grained components of early temperament between the three cultural groups. U.S. children …
Etiology of preschool behavior problems: Contributions of temperament attributes in early childhood
The present study was conducted to examine the contributions of early appearing temperament attributes to toddler and preschool‐age behavior problems. High levels of negative emotionality and low levels of effortful control were linked to both externalizing and internalizing difficulties. All fine‐grained dimensions of negative affect were concurrently associated with internalizing problems whereas relations between components of negative affect …
A latent growth examination of fear development in infancy: Contributions of maternal depression and the risk for toddler anxiety
Growth modeling was used to examine the developmental trajectory of infant temperamental fear with maternal fear and depressive symptoms as predictors of infant fearfulness and change in infant fear predicting toddler anxiety symptoms. In Study 1, a sample of 158 mothers reported their own depressive symptoms and fear when their children were 4 months of age and infant fearfulness at 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months. Maternal symptoms of depression pre…
Infant Temperament in Russia, United States of America, and Israel: Differences and Similarities Between Russian-speaking Families
Early Markers of Language and Attention: Mutual Contributions and the Impact of Parent–Infant Interactions
Measurement of fine-grained aspects of toddler temperament: The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire
Studying Cross-cultural Differences in the Development of Infant Temperament: People’s Republic of China, the United States of America, and Spain
Studying infant temperament via the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire
Etiology of preschool behavior problems: Contributions of temperament attributes in early childhood
The present study was conducted to examine the contributions of early appearing temperament attributes to toddler and preschool‐age behavior problems. High levels of negative emotionality and low levels of effortful control were linked to both externalizing and internalizing difficulties. All fine‐grained dimensions of negative affect were concurrently associated with internalizing problems whereas relations between components of negative affect …
A latent growth examination of fear development in infancy: Contributions of maternal depression and the risk for toddler anxiety
Growth modeling was used to examine the developmental trajectory of infant temperamental fear with maternal fear and depressive symptoms as predictors of infant fearfulness and change in infant fear predicting toddler anxiety symptoms. In Study 1, a sample of 158 mothers reported their own depressive symptoms and fear when their children were 4 months of age and infant fearfulness at 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months. Maternal symptoms of depression pre…
The Global Temperament Project: Parent-reported temperament in infants, toddlers, and children from 59 nations
Data from 83,423 parent reports of temperament (surgency, negative affectivity, and regulatory capacity) in infants, toddlers, and children from 341 samples gathered in 59 countries were used to investigate the relations among culture, gender, and temperament. Between-nation differences in temperament were larger than those obtained in similar studies of adult personality, and most pronounced for negative affectivity. Nation-level patterns of neg…
Aggregate temperament scores from multiple countries: Associations with aggregate personality traits, cultural dimensions, and allelic frequency
Early Temperament in Japan, the United States, and Russia: Do Cross-Cultural Differences Decrease With Age
The present study addressed differences in infant and toddler temperament, utilizing translations of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) and the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ), for children growing up in the United States, Russia, and Japan. Results indicated a number of significant differences in higher-order dimensions and fine-grained components of early temperament between the three cultural groups. U.S. children …
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Infant Fear: A Multi-Method Study in Spain and the United States
Cross-cultural investigations addressing the development of individual differences are important because these speak to the generalizability of results and the extent to which the development of temperament and personality differs by culture. The present study was aimed at comparing manifestations of fear, defined in infancy as startle or distress to sudden changes in stimulation (e.g., facial/bodily expressions of fear), and inhibited approach t…
Studying infant temperament via the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire
Measurement of fine-grained aspects of toddler temperament: The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire
Studying Cross-cultural Differences in the Development of Infant Temperament: People’s Republic of China, the United States of America, and Spain
Early Markers of Language and Attention: Mutual Contributions and the Impact of Parent–Infant Interactions
Infant Temperament in Russia, United States of America, and Israel: Differences and Similarities Between Russian-speaking Families
A latent growth examination of fear development in infancy: Contributions of maternal depression and the risk for toddler anxiety
Growth modeling was used to examine the developmental trajectory of infant temperamental fear with maternal fear and depressive symptoms as predictors of infant fearfulness and change in infant fear predicting toddler anxiety symptoms. In Study 1, a sample of 158 mothers reported their own depressive symptoms and fear when their children were 4 months of age and infant fearfulness at 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months. Maternal symptoms of depression pre…
Etiology of preschool behavior problems: Contributions of temperament attributes in early childhood
The present study was conducted to examine the contributions of early appearing temperament attributes to toddler and preschool‐age behavior problems. High levels of negative emotionality and low levels of effortful control were linked to both externalizing and internalizing difficulties. All fine‐grained dimensions of negative affect were concurrently associated with internalizing problems whereas relations between components of negative affect …
Early Temperament in Japan, the United States, and Russia: Do Cross-Cultural Differences Decrease With Age
The present study addressed differences in infant and toddler temperament, utilizing translations of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R) and the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire (ECBQ), for children growing up in the United States, Russia, and Japan. Results indicated a number of significant differences in higher-order dimensions and fine-grained components of early temperament between the three cultural groups. U.S. children …
Development and Assessment of Short and Very Short Forms of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire–Revised
Using data from parents of 761 infants from 6 independent samples, short (91 items, 14 scales) and very short (37 items, 3 broad scales) forms of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised (IBQ-R), a well-established caregiver report measure of temperament for infants aged 3 to 12 months, were developed. The forms were subsequently evaluated with data from 1,619 participants from 11 samples. Over 90% of Cronbach's alphas and part-whole correlation…
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Infant Fear: A Multi-Method Study in Spain and the United States
Cross-cultural investigations addressing the development of individual differences are important because these speak to the generalizability of results and the extent to which the development of temperament and personality differs by culture. The present study was aimed at comparing manifestations of fear, defined in infancy as startle or distress to sudden changes in stimulation (e.g., facial/bodily expressions of fear), and inhibited approach t…
Aggregate temperament scores from multiple countries: Associations with aggregate personality traits, cultural dimensions, and allelic frequency
Early Temperament as a Predictor of Child Mental Health
ADHD and ODD Symptoms in Toddlers: Common and Specific Associations with Temperament Dimensions
Leveraging Python to Process Cross-Cultural Temperament Interviews: A Novel Platform for Text Analysis
During childhood, parents represent the most commonly used source of their child's temperament information and, typically, do so by responding to questionnaires. Despite their wide-ranging applications, interviews present notorious data reduction challenges, as quantification of narratives has proven to be a labor-intensive process. However, for the purposes of this study, the labor-intensive nature may have conferred distinct advantages. The pre…
The Global Temperament Project: Parent-reported temperament in infants, toddlers, and children from 59 nations
Data from 83,423 parent reports of temperament (surgency, negative affectivity, and regulatory capacity) in infants, toddlers, and children from 341 samples gathered in 59 countries were used to investigate the relations among culture, gender, and temperament. Between-nation differences in temperament were larger than those obtained in similar studies of adult personality, and most pronounced for negative affectivity. Nation-level patterns of neg…
Advancing the Study of Maternal Prenatal Stress Phenotypes and Infant Temperament Outcomes
Exposure to the in utero environment provides offspring risk or protection with respect to postpartum development and health across the lifespan. We used latent profile analysis (LPA), considering self‐report and physiological indicators to assess the influence of maternal prenatal stress/distress on infant temperament. We predicted that participants who reported greater prenatal stress/distress would have infants with less optimal temperament ch…
Examining a Common Method of Measuring Infant Fear: Considering Temperament, Neurophysiology, Age, and Sex Differences
The pre‐locomotor version of the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab‐TAB) provides one of the most widely used observational measures of fear based on the infant's reactivity to a series of four novel masks. Resulting indicators of facial and bodily fear intensity, as well as latency to exhibit a fearful response, have been associated with maternal reports of infant fear as well as frontal electroencephalography (EEG) reactivity. While…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (17 works) · Developmental psychology (16 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Temperament (15 works) · Personality (14 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Infant Health and Development (7 works)