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 analyses (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 sample. The Matrix subtest of KABC‐II (a non‐verbal ability task widely used in non‐western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic 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 Behaviour Questionnaire‐Very Short Form was administered to obtain temperament reports from parents and teachers. We will compare the parent's and teacher's reports on temperament using Mann–Whitney U‐tests. Finally, multiple linear regression analyses will be conducted to explore how parent and teacher reports of temperament predict non‐verbal ability. Each temperament dimension will be analysed separately. Results should be interpreted considering the low sample size.

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父母和老师的气质评分作为阿根廷学龄前儿童非语言能力的预测因素


儿童气质是非语言能力（即从根本上不需要口头语言产生和理解的思维和解决问题的能力）的预测因素。鉴于气质得分可能会根据报告者是父母还是老师而有所不同，本研究分析了（a）这些报告是否不同，以及（b）每份报告如何预测非西方、受过教育、工业化、丰富和民主的样本。 KABC-II 矩阵分测试（一项广泛用于非西方、受过教育、工业化、富裕和民主环境中的非语言能力测试）对 85 名 4-5 岁的阿根廷儿童（47 名女孩，38 名男孩）进行了测试，年龄从中低社会经济地位的家庭。此外，还进行了儿童行为问卷-非常简短的表格，以获取家长和老师的气质报告。我们将使用曼-惠特尼 U 检验来比较家长和老师关于气质的报告。最后，将进行多元线性回归分析，以探讨家长和老师的气质报告如何预测非语言能力。每个气质维度将分别进行分析。应考虑样本量较小来解释结果。