Adolescence
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Emerging Personality Disorder
Eileen Vizard
University College London, London, UK
DEFINITIONS
Temperament
Temperament includes individual differences in
self-regulation, affect, attention and activity. These
traits have a biological, partly genetic basis whilst
at the same time their development is affected
by maturation and life experience [1]. Tempera-
mental features are noted more often in younger
children such as babies or toddlers, who may be
described as having a ‘sunny’, ‘placid’ or ‘restless’
temperament.
Personality
Personality is a more complex, multidimensional
construct than temperament, and this may be
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