"Mood quality and intensity in nursery school children as predictors of behavior disorder": Erratum

• Published in: American journal of orthopsychiatry 1980-07, Vol.50 (3), p.571-571
• Main Author: Terestman, Nettie
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Behavior Disorders; Emotional States; Human; Personality; Preschool Students
• ISSN: 0002-9432; 1939-0025
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1980.tb03318.x

Reports an error in "Mood quality and intensity in nursery school children as predictors of behavior disorder" by Nettie Terestman ( American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1980[Jan], Vol 50[1], 125-138). In the original article, the first sentence of the title-page abstract should have read: "Ratings of mood quality and intensity of response, as temperamental attributes of preschool children, were derived from interviews with nursery school teachers and from direct observations." The word italicized here was given incorrectly in the Journal as "children," thus altering the meaning of the sentence and improperly describing the rating source for the study. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2013-42175-011). Ratings of mood quality and intensity of response, as temperamental attributes of preschool children, were derived from interviews with nursery school children and from direct observations. Findings based on these two attributes signaled emotional distress and identified those children who required referral for clinical disorders within the subsequent five-year period. This study suggests that negative mood and high intensity ratings may be effective indicators of children at risk. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)