Loss of Temper and Irritability: The Relationship to Tantrums in a Community and Clinical Sample

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Gabrielle A CarlsonDaniel N Klein

Abstract

This study explores the relationship of irritability to tantrums and loss of temper in a community and clinical sample. The community sample, recruited via commercial mailing lists, consisted of 462 6-year-olds whose parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA). Tantrums were assessed in the oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) section of the PAPA. Irritability was assessed in the depression section to identify persistently irritable and/or angry mood. The clinic sample, drawn from a child psychiatry clinic, included 229 consecutively referred 6-year-olds from 2005 through 2014 whose parents completed the CBCL and Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory (CASI). Temper loss and irritability items came from the ODD and depression sections of the CASI, and tantrum description was taken from an irritability inventory. Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) and the CBCL Dysregulation Profile were examined in both samples. Logistic and multiple regression were used to compare rates of diagnosis, CBCL subscales, CGAS, and tantrum quality between children with tantrums only and tantrums with irritability. Almost half (45.9%) of clinic children had severe tantrums; only 23.8% of...Continue Reading

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