Moehler, EvaKagan, JeromeBrunner, RomualdWiebel, AngelikaKaufmann, ClaudiaResch, Franz2009-08-252006Moehler, Eva, Jerome Kagan, Romauld Brunner, Angelika Wiebel, Claudia Kaufmann, and Franz Resch. 2006. Association of behavioral inhibition with hair pigmentation in a European sample. Biological Psychology 72, no. 3: 344-346.0301-05111873-6246http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3224739Behavioral inhibition, a temperamental trait signalling a predisposition to childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders, is slightly more frequent in America among Caucasian children having blue irises. This paper examines a community sample of 101 German toddlers assessed for behavioral inhibition in a standardized laboratory procedure. Hair pigmentation was found to be significantly associated with behavioral inhibition in the sense that blond children exhibited higher fear scores. As in American samples, blue-eyed children had a higher fear score than did other children, but this difference was not statistically significant.en-USbehavioral inhibitionchild developmentanxiety disordersindividual differences10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.12.001