摘要：This analysis of trends in research on children's temperament published in Korean joumals duringthe 25years dating from 1980 consisted of articles from 10 reliable journals related to child studies andanalyzed for research frequency,contents,and methodology. Results showed that 51 research artileseon children's temperament were published during this period,most of them in child studies and earlychildhood education/educare journals. The main content of research was the role of temperament indevelopment. Most of the studies used methods categorized as quantitative and non-experimental;subjects were more than 100 children younger than school age with their mothers as adult subjects.Instruments validated in Korea and based on the individual approach and quantitative data analysismethods were used frequently.
