TYPES OF AGE DYNAMICS OF SOME FEATURES OF TEMPERAMENT
With the help of questionnaire DOTS of A.Tomas at the big number of respondents (more than 3000) different age (from 16 till 75 years) the degree of display of 13 features of temperament (general activity, approach, mood, sensitivity, intensity, отвлекаемость, a rhythm of dream, a rhythm of meal, a rhythm of habits, persistence and flexibility of behaviour) has been investigated. Four types of age dynamics of features of temperament are described: 1) progressing increase in a degree of display of this or that feature; 2) progressing decrease in the corresponding size; 3) increase in a parameter at mature age and decrease in an old age; and 4) change of a parameter only at older persons. The opinion expresses, that these features are determined, natural morfo-functional changes in a brain and in an organism as a whole, connected to processes of the general ageing an organism.
Keywords: features of temperament, age dynamics, types of changes
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