Abstract
Temperamental exuberance has been studied at various levels of analysis, but there is a lack of a single framework that could be used in understanding the complex construct. This chapter, therefore, aims to introduce some research areas where progress is happening and to investigate how this progress could aid in explaining contemporary perspectives of this behavioural phenotype, concentrating on four broad issues. It includes a review of current works trying to conceptualize exuberance in the developmental literature, a discussion on neurobiological models with possible explanatory value, and contextualization of the models using the behavioural descriptions of exuberance in the child-development literature. Indications of correlations between exuberance and behaviour disorders in children are analyzed. Works associating stress with exuberance are reviewed to understand whether exuberance is something more serious than just low behavioural inhibition and whether the phenotype is actually related to increased stress in specific environments.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | The Development of Social Engagement |
Subtitle of host publication | Neurobiological Perspectives |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199847853 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780195168716 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 22 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2006 by Peter J. Marshall & Nathan A. Fox. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Behaviour disorders
- Behavioural inhibition
- Behavioural phenotype
- Child development
- Children
- Neurobiological models
- Stress
- Temperamental exuberance