OBJECTIVE: To explore the different character of children from 0 to 3 years old, understand their psychological features, give guidances about nurturing and educating children, and supply theoretical base for preventing problems of children behaviors. METHOD: Two hundred and fifty-one children patients from 0 to 3 years old were surveyed from clinic of maternal and child health care with children character software and questionnaire. RESULT: Among all characters, 32.3% children were easy and medium nurturing type, 31.1% easy nurturing type, 23.1% difficult nurturing type, 7.5% slow startup and 6.0% difficult and medium type. CONCLUSION Main character of children from 0-3 years old are easy and medium nurturing type and easy nurturing type. Children with different ages and sexes have different characters, so pertinent education and guidance should be given according to characters of different ages and sexes so as to improve their health.
Child Behavior ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Foreign Bodies ; psychology ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Respiratory System ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Temperament