Temperament Ratings by Parents and Teachers as Predictors of Non-Verbal Ability in Argentinean Preschoolers

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Data may be preliminary. 4 June 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Temperament Ratings by Parents and Teachers as Predictors of Non-Verbal Ability in Argentinean Preschoolers Authors : Julia Hermida 0000-0001-6835-7864 [email protected] , Sebastián Lipina 0000-0001-5939-4073 , and M. Soledad Segretin 0000-0002-4500-1686 Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174905836.60780921/v1 Published Infant and Child Development Version of record Peer review timeline 270 views 169 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Child temperament is a predictor of non-verbal ability (i.e., thinking and problem-solving skills that do not fundamentally require verbal language production and comprehension). Given that temperament scores might vary depending on whether the reporter is a parent or a teacher, this study analyzes a) whether those reports are different and b) how each report predicts child non-verbal ability in a non- western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic (non-WEIRD) sample. The Matrix subtest of KABC-II (a non-verbal ability task widely used in non-WEIRD contexts) was administered to 85 Argentinian children (47 girls, 38 boys) aged 4-5 years, from middle-to-low socioeconomic status homes. Also, the Child Behavior Questionnaire-Very Short Form (CBQ-VSF) was administered to obtain temperament reports from parents and teachers. We found a 6-factor structure for teachers and a 10-factor structure for parents, suggesting a different factor structure of the CBQ-VSF for this sample. Factors from parent’s and teachers’ reports did not correlate. Only factors from teachers’ reports including items from the effortful control dimension, predicted Matrix total score after a Bonferroni correction. No factor from parents’ report predicted non-verbal ability. Our results provide infrequent data from non-WEIRD low-SES populations and suggest that the CBQ-VSF might lack some cross-cultural validity; and that teacher reports’ could have superior dimensional fit versus parent reports. Results should be interpreted considering the low sample size. Supplementary Material File (manuscript complete.docx) Download 307.25 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 04 June 2025 Peer review timeline Published Infant and Child Development Version of Record 24 Jun 2024 Published Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Collection Infant and Child Development: prenatal, childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood Keywords argentina effortful control fluid intelligence negative affect pattern reasoning surgency Authors Affiliations Julia Hermida 0000-0001-6835-7864 [email protected] Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham Instituto de Educacion View all articles by this author Sebastián Lipina 0000-0001-5939-4073 Unidad de Neurobiologia Aplicada View all articles by this author M. Soledad Segretin 0000-0002-4500-1686 Unidad de Neurobiologia Aplicada View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 270 views 169 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Julia Hermida, Sebastián Lipina, M. Soledad Segretin. Temperament Ratings by Parents and Teachers as Predictors of Non-Verbal Ability in Argentinean Preschoolers. Authorea . 04 June 2025. 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