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Chess was known for conducting the [[New York Longitudinal Study]], which concluded that children's [[temperament]]s are determined before they are born, and not by the parenting they receive. This study, which she conducted with her husband, Alexander Thomas, also led to her developing a theory, which postulates that the interaction between a child's temperament and the personality of his or her parents can affect the child's mental health. Also on the basis of this study's results, Chess and Thomas categorized children into three categories based on their innate temperaments: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up".<ref name=sun>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nysun.com/obituaries/stella-chess-93-psychiatrist-and-author/50786/ |title=Stella Chess, 93, Psychiatrist and Author |last=Miller |first=Stephen |website=[[The New York Sun]] |publication-date=2007-03-20}}</ref> She also conducted studies on the potential link between [[rubella]] and [[autism]].<ref name=nyt/>
Chess was known for conducting the [[New York Longitudinal Study]], which concluded that children's [[temperament]]s are determined before they are born, and not by the parenting they receive. This study, which she conducted with her husband, Alexander Thomas, also led to her developing a theory, which postulates that the interaction between a child's temperament and the personality of his or her parents can affect the child's mental health. Also on the basis of this study's results, Chess and Thomas categorized children into three categories based on their innate temperaments: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up".<ref name=sun>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nysun.com/obituaries/stella-chess-93-psychiatrist-and-author/50786/ |title=Stella Chess, 93, Psychiatrist and Author |last=Miller |first=Stephen |website=[[The New York Sun]] |publication-date=2007-03-20}}</ref> She also conducted studies on the potential link between [[rubella]] and [[autism]].<ref name=nyt/> In these studies, which were published in the 1970s, she found that children with [[congenital rubella syndrome]] developed autism at rates 200 times higher than the general population at the time.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hutton|first1=Jill|title=Does Rubella Cause Autism: A 2015 Reappraisal?|journal=[[Frontiers in Human Neuroscience]]|date=1 February 2016|volume=10|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2016.00025}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==

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Stella Chess (March 1, 1914 in New York City—March 14, 2007 in Manhattan, New York) was an American child psychiatrist who taught at New York University (NYU).

Early life and education

The middle of three children, Chess was born on March 1, 1914 in New York City, to Russian immigrant parents.[1] Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a schoolteacher. Chess graduated from the Ethical Culture School and Smith College. She then enrolled at New York University School of Medicine in 1935, receiving her M.D. from there in 1939.[2] While a student there, she took an elective with Lauretta Bender, which solidified her interest in child psychiatry and development.[1]

Career

Chess taught at New York Medical College after she received her M.D., and in 1954, she became the first professor of child psychology there.[3] She first joined NYU in 1964, at the university's Bellevue Hospital Medical Center.[4] In 1966, she became an associate professor of child psychiatry at NYU, and in 1970, she became a full professor there. She continued to teach at NYU into her 90s.[2]

Research

Chess was known for conducting the New York Longitudinal Study, which concluded that children's temperaments are determined before they are born, and not by the parenting they receive. This study, which she conducted with her husband, Alexander Thomas, also led to her developing a theory, which postulates that the interaction between a child's temperament and the personality of his or her parents can affect the child's mental health. Also on the basis of this study's results, Chess and Thomas categorized children into three categories based on their innate temperaments: "easy", "difficult", and "slow to warm up".[3] She also conducted studies on the potential link between rubella and autism.[2] In these studies, which were published in the 1970s, she found that children with congenital rubella syndrome developed autism at rates 200 times higher than the general population at the time.[5]

Death

Chess died in Manhattan on March 14, 2007. She was 93 years old. Her cause of death was pneumonia.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Hertzig, Margaret E. (June 2008). "Stella Chess, M.D. (1914-2007)". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 47 (6): 727–728. doi:10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816c42e1.
  2. ^ a b c d Pearce, Jeremy (2007-03-22). "Dr. Stella Chess, Child Development Specialist, Dies at 93". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b Miller, Stephen (2007-03-20). "Stella Chess, 93, Psychiatrist and Author". The New York Sun.
  4. ^ "Stella Chess, M.D." American Journal of Psychiatry. 155 (5): 689–689. May 1998. doi:10.1176/ajp.155.5.689.
  5. ^ Hutton, Jill (1 February 2016). "Does Rubella Cause Autism: A 2015 Reappraisal?". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2016.00025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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