Longitudinal Studies of Child Personality

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This is the first volume in a series of reports on the results of a team project in longitudinal research. The longitudinal approach is forward-looking; it aims to study the individual as he passes from one stage to a later one, and to gauge the influence of succeeding experiences and circumstances. Specifically, this approach consists of repeated measurements of one or more aspects of behavior in the same child over a given period.

This survey offers professional people interested in child development a critical and analytical bibliography and ready avenue to material needed in their work.