Emotional reactions and skin temperature responses in children aged two to four years

INTRODUCTION THE relatlonshtp between skm temperature, behavlour and attttudes m adult patients has been extenstvely mvesttgated (GRAHAM, 1955, MITTELMANN and WOLFF, 1939, 1943) No comparable studies of chtldren have been reported The purpose of this study was to mvesttgate the relattonshtp between skm temperature and behavtour m young chtldren The method employed was destgned to yield the maximum amount of mformatlon concernmg the child and to provide for study of hts responses to normal hfe sltuattons as well as to those which were experimentally Induced