Association between irritability and bias in attention orienting to threat in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Irritability, a frequent complaint in children with psychiatric disorders, reflects increased predisposition to anger. Preliminary work in pediatric clinical samples links irritability to attention bias to threat, and the current study examines this association in a large population-based sample.

Methods

We studied 1,872 children (ages 6-14) using the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA), Childhood Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and dot-probe tasks. Irritability was defined using CBCL items that assessed temper tantrums and hot temper. The dot-probe task assessed attention biases for threat-related (angry face) stimuli. Multiple regression analysis was used to assess specificity of associations to irritability when adjusting for demographic variables and co-o

SUBMITTER: Salum GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891207 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature