Convergent validation of EATQ-R questionnaire against Eysenck's PEN model of personality

The research aims at the way in which Rothbart's temperamental model, comprising emotional reactivity and selfregulation, overlaps with Eysenck's PEN model of personality. We used the Romanian version of EATQ-R (Ellis, & Rothbart, 2001), Eysenck's (1981) EPQ-Junior, and a demographical data questionnaire. They were administrated on 371 participants, 174 males and 194 females, aged 11-17 years. The best overlapping with the PEN model is between Rothbart's factors and Extraversion, followed by Emotional Reactivity, Self-regulation and Neuroticism. The study confirms the organization of the two temperamental dimensions of Rothbart's model into a three-factor model which overlaps well with Eysenck's PEN model.