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The purpose of this study was to establish the reliability and validity of Tamil version of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (EATQ-R) Parent Report. The original version of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised Parent Report which has got 62 questions was translated into Tamil through forward and backward translation. This questionnaire was then sent to experts and their reviews were used to establish the content validity. The Tamil version of (EATQ-R) Parent Report was then administered to parents of adolescents of age 9 to 15. The data collected was used to establish its internal consistency. The internal consistency reliability was determined using Cronbach's alpha. The value ranged from 0.45 to 0.88 with eight out of ten items having a value more than 0.60 showing an acceptable internal consistency. The content validity was established by taking the reviews of experts. It was quantified using content validity index (CVI). Its value was 0.822 indicating a good content validity. The Tamil version of Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire- Revised (EATQ-R) Parent Report has acceptable internal consistency and good content validity.