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Michael Potegal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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rages or Temper Tantrums the behavioral organization temporal characteristics and clinical significance of angry agitated outbursts in child psychiatry inpatients
Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2009Co-Authors: Michael Potegal, Gabrielle A Carlson, David M Margulies, Zinoviy Gutkovitch, Melanie M WallAbstract:Angry, agitated outbursts (AAOs) are a common precipitant of children’s psychiatric hospitalization. In the hospital, AAOs present both management and diagnostic challenges, e.g., while they have recently been described as manic “rages”, older studies suggest that they may be exacerbated Temper Tantrums. Factor analyses of 109 AAOs had by 46 hospitalized 4–12 year olds yielded 3 subsets of behaviors expressing different intensities of anger and 2 subsets expressing different intensities of distress (sadness). Cluster analysis of behavior time course supported the anger–distress distinction; the former behaviors are most probable at AAO onset and then decline while the latter are more evenly distributed across the outburst. Age trends, factor structure, and temporal organization of AAOs all indicate that they are exacerbated Tantrums. The AAOs of children with anxiety or PDD diagnoses showed significantly more distress relative to anger. AAOs have clinical implications; their particular characteristics may have diagnostic significance.
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Temper Tantrums in young children
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2003Co-Authors: Dorothy Einon, Michael PotegalAbstract:A Temper tantrum is a violent outburst of anger. An ger is a basic human emotion that is manifested early in infancy and continues throughout the life span. Anger is a normal reaction to frustration, fear, or other stress. Some children seem more angry than others early on, but their anger should diminish as they learn to cope with the world. During early childhood, children often have fits of anger that seem volcanic in intensity. Their rage may include behaviors such as screaming, cursing, breaking things, rolling on the floor, crying loudly, hit ting, or running around the room. They may even vomit, hold their breath, hit their head, or run off to hide. Tantrums seem to appear in stages, with an early warning of “clouds on the horizon.” This is followed by the actual tantrum, which usually lasts minutes and may seem an eternity to the adult in charge. Finally, after the tantrum is a period of “hangover,” when the child is tired, red-faced, runny-nosed, and needing to be held. Often after this last stage children are ready to continue on as if nothing has happened! There are ways to prevent Tantrums, and there are ways to deal with them when they occur. One of the most important things for the adult to know is not to get caught up in the child’s anger—this will make the prob lem last longer into childhood. Providing the model of proper human emotions is very important to the child. If you spot the storm signals, such as increased noise level, red face, and brow-lowering, try to change the situation before the tantrum occurs. During the tantrum, it is suggested that adults remain nearby and provide neutral or warm support to the child. That is, ignore the tantrum behaviors, but let the child know by your pres ence that you are available for help. During the tantrum is not a time for discipline, for this is an emotional outburst that does not leave much energy for learning. After the tantrum, however, adults can provide words to the child to help learn why there was anger and how it felt. If the tantrum occurs in pub lic, and the parent is embarrassed, it works to sit or re main near the child, smile to passers-by, and let others know you are in control even though the child is not. Lack of reinforcement usually shortens the tantrum. After the tantrum, continue on with the public activity. If the tantrum occurs at home, it is possible for the adult to move away out of sight of the child yet remain nearby. Some psychologists recommend isolation or “time out” as a consequence of a tantrum. Provide rewards for non-angry behavior. Try to fig ure out the causes of the child’s anger. Sometimes ill ness, hunger, and fatigue may be causes. Frustration is a common reason for Tantrums, so try to reduce the causes of frustration. Providing language is an important tool for children to use for managing their emotions. Know that Tantrums peak at age four and may occur to age six before they diminish. Some Tantrums may be expected of all children. Our goal as parents and caretakers is to help children learn to recognize and deal with their emo tions so that Tantrums become a behavior only found in young children—never in adults.
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Temper Tantrums in young children 1 behavioral composition
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2003Co-Authors: Michael Potegal, Richard J DavidsonAbstract:ABSTRACT.Although Tantrums are among the most common behavioral problems of young children and may predict future antisocial behavior, little is known about them. To develop a model of this important phenomenon of early childhood, behaviors reported in parental narratives of the Tantrums of 335 chil
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Temper Tantrums in young children 2 tantrum duration and temporal organization
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2003Co-Authors: Michael Potegal, Michael R Kosorok, Richard J DavidsonAbstract:ABSTRACT.This article completes the analysis of parental narratives of Tantrums had by 335 children aged 18 to 60 months. Modal tantrum durations were 0.5 to 1 minute; 75% of the Tantrums lasted 5 minutes or less. If the child stamped or dropped to the floor in the first 30 seconds, the tantrum was
Richard J Davidson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Temper Tantrums in young children 1 behavioral composition
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2003Co-Authors: Michael Potegal, Richard J DavidsonAbstract:ABSTRACT.Although Tantrums are among the most common behavioral problems of young children and may predict future antisocial behavior, little is known about them. To develop a model of this important phenomenon of early childhood, behaviors reported in parental narratives of the Tantrums of 335 chil
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Temper Tantrums in young children 2 tantrum duration and temporal organization
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2003Co-Authors: Michael Potegal, Michael R Kosorok, Richard J DavidsonAbstract:ABSTRACT.This article completes the analysis of parental narratives of Tantrums had by 335 children aged 18 to 60 months. Modal tantrum durations were 0.5 to 1 minute; 75% of the Tantrums lasted 5 minutes or less. If the child stamped or dropped to the floor in the first 30 seconds, the tantrum was
B Zuckerman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychosocial correlates of severe Temper Tantrums
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1991Co-Authors: Robert Needlman, Jim Stevenson, B ZuckermanAbstract:: Temper Tantrums are common and distressing, but little epidemiological information is available about them. Attempts to identify psychosocial correlates of Tantrums have used small samples and have not controlled for multiple concurrent behavior problems. We analyzed interviews from 502 English mothers of 3-year-olds. Tantrums were considered present if mothers reported Tantrums three or more times a day or lasting 15 minutes or longer. Behavior problems were assessed using the Behavior Screening Questionnaire. Tantrums were reported in 6.8% of children, of whom 52% had multiple behavior problems. Factors independently associated with Tantrums included maternal depression and irritability, low education, and use of corporal punishment, manual social class, marital stress, child care provided exclusively by the mother, and poor child health. Tantrums were not associated (at p less than 0.01) with gender, maternal employment, low social support, or single parenthood. Severe Tantrums may indicate the presence of multiple behavior problems and psychosocial stressors.
Robert Needlman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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psychosocial correlates of severe Temper Tantrums
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1991Co-Authors: Robert Needlman, Jim Stevenson, B ZuckermanAbstract:: Temper Tantrums are common and distressing, but little epidemiological information is available about them. Attempts to identify psychosocial correlates of Tantrums have used small samples and have not controlled for multiple concurrent behavior problems. We analyzed interviews from 502 English mothers of 3-year-olds. Tantrums were considered present if mothers reported Tantrums three or more times a day or lasting 15 minutes or longer. Behavior problems were assessed using the Behavior Screening Questionnaire. Tantrums were reported in 6.8% of children, of whom 52% had multiple behavior problems. Factors independently associated with Tantrums included maternal depression and irritability, low education, and use of corporal punishment, manual social class, marital stress, child care provided exclusively by the mother, and poor child health. Tantrums were not associated (at p less than 0.01) with gender, maternal employment, low social support, or single parenthood. Severe Tantrums may indicate the presence of multiple behavior problems and psychosocial stressors.
Michael E. Hyland - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Placebo by proxy: the effect of parents’ beliefs on therapy for children’s Temper Tantrums
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2013Co-Authors: Ben Whalley, Michael E. HylandAbstract:A placebo by proxy effect occurs when a patient’s response to therapy, assessed either objectively or subjectively, is affected by the behavior of other people who know that the patient is undergoing therapy. We recruited 58 children aged 2–5 years who reported frequent Tantrums and examined the effect of a pharmacologically inert substance (flower essence) that is purported by the manufacturers to reduce Temper Tantrums. Tantrum frequency, tantrum severity, and parental mood were measured on 5 occasions over 8 days before treatment and on a further 5 occasions over 10 days after the start of treatment. Compared to the period before treatment, there was a continuing reduction in tantrum frequency ( p = .002) and severity ( p = .003) over the 8 days of placebo treatment. There were significant day-to-day correlations between parents’ mood and tantrum frequency ( r = .23) and severity ( r = .19). Children’s response to treatment for Tantrums is associated with the beliefs and mood of the adult carer. We cannot say whether tantrum reduction was due to objective changes in child behavior, changes in parental perception, or both, but both are clinically important changes.
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placebo by proxy the effect of parents beliefs on therapy for children s Temper Tantrums
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2013Co-Authors: Ben Whalley, Michael E. HylandAbstract:A placebo by proxy effect occurs when a patient’s response to therapy, assessed either objectively or subjectively, is affected by the behavior of other people who know that the patient is undergoing therapy. We recruited 58 children aged 2–5 years who reported frequent Tantrums and examined the effect of a pharmacologically inert substance (flower essence) that is purported by the manufacturers to reduce Temper Tantrums. Tantrum frequency, tantrum severity, and parental mood were measured on 5 occasions over 8 days before treatment and on a further 5 occasions over 10 days after the start of treatment. Compared to the period before treatment, there was a continuing reduction in tantrum frequency (p = .002) and severity (p = .003) over the 8 days of placebo treatment. There were significant day-to-day correlations between parents’ mood and tantrum frequency (r = .23) and severity (r = .19). Children’s response to treatment for Tantrums is associated with the beliefs and mood of the adult carer. We cannot say whether tantrum reduction was due to objective changes in child behavior, changes in parental perception, or both, but both are clinically important changes.
