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Characteristics of temper tantrums in 1-6-year-old children and impact on caregivers

Warangkana Prutipaisan1, Issarapa Chunsuwan1, Tippawan Hansakunachai1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand.

Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
|November 13, 2024
PubMed

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Temper tantrums are common in young children, with about half exhibiting problematic behaviors. These tantrums significantly impact caregivers

Area of Science:

  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Pediatrics
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Temper tantrums are frequent behavioral challenges in children.
  • While normal, certain tantrum characteristics can indicate psychological issues and affect families.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the prevalence and traits of temper tantrums in Thai children (1-6 years) in daycare and kindergarten.
  • To assess the emotional impact of problematic and non-problematic tantrums on caregivers.

Main Methods:

  • A 2021 cross-sectional descriptive study.
  • Caregivers completed self-report questionnaires on child tantrum behavior and emotional impact.

Main Results:

  • 211 children participated; 95.3% experienced tantrums, most commonly verbal (94.5%).
  • 55.2% of children had problematic tantrums (aggressive, >15 min duration, >3/wk frequency).
  • Problematic tantrums caused significantly higher emotional burden scores (23.3±8.4) than non-problematic ones (17.7±8.3).

Conclusions:

  • Temper tantrums are prevalent in 1-6 year olds, with varied expressions.
  • Problematic tantrums affect nearly half of children and significantly impact caregiver emotions.
  • Children with problematic tantrums and their families require support.
Abstract

Keywords:
Emotional burdenParental impactPreschoolProblematic tantrumTemper tantrum

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