Perinatal and birth correlates of childhood irritability in Taiwan's national epidemiological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood irritability, characterized by low frustration tolerance and developmentally-inappropriate temper outbursts, is a transdiagnostic symptom in child psychiatry. Little is known regarding the influences of early experience and environmental exposure on irritability from a perinatal perspective. This study examined the associations between irritability and multiple perinatal and birth factors.

Methods

Drawn Taiwan's National Epidemiological Study of Child Mental Disorders, 5124 children (2591 females) aged 7.7 to 14.6 years (mean 11.2 years) and their parents completed the Affective Reactivity Index, a well-established irritability measure. Parents completed a survey on parental, perinatal, and birth characteristics. Multiple linear regression models were pe

SUBMITTER: Lee KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8767526 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature